Mind, Body and Soul Manifestations

This poem has been on my mind lately. Perhaps it is because I am 30 and my nephew just had his third birthday party, but I just love this poem and I wanted to share. It's an array of happy thoughts and a great reminder to cherish the things that you love to do, no matter how simple they may be. Warning When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells And run my stick along the public railings And make up for the sobriety of my youth. I shall go out in the slippers in the rain And pick the flowers in other people's gardens And learn to spit. You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat And eat three pounds of sausages at a go Or only bread and pickle for a week And hoard pens and pencils and beer...

I have the Talking Heads stuck in my head this morning. Do you ever wake up and think, Is this real life? Am I really 30 and dealing with all of this? Today is one of those days...I always knew life was going to be challenging, but this past year has been one of the most challenging of all. It is second only to the year that I got my heart broken, my Mom had a heart attack and our family dog had to be put to sleep. 2008 kind of sucked as well. I'm glad we only have two months left of 2013. I am ready for some new beginnings. I always thought by now that I would have a husband and a family of my own, but life has really thrown me some curve balls. It's true that even the best laid plans don't work out the way that you want them to. I am trying so hard to be strong and give things up to God, but that is a difficult thing to do as well. I pray constantly throughout the day and I hope that God is listening. I know that no matter how much I want things to work out, he has a plan...