Hahahaha! What a joke! As if I could possibly care that I am turning 30! When Mark turned 30 we had a pig roast. It was huge - especially as we were also celebrating Mendon's 18th, my grandmother's 80th, Patrick's 39th and Fred's housewarming. Yeah, it was huge and fun (except for the one drinking man who stood as a poster child for why no one should drink, heheheh - and at least he has made for some great stories). So it was huge and it felt right for it to be huge. My dad also told about a big surprise party.
Tonight, 5 of us are going out to our favorite Japanese restaurant. And I have to admit, anything more would overwhelm me to no end. Last night we went to a talk; I think it was the first time I sat down for more than 30 minutes and wasn't busy doing something - charting, planning and organizing everything I had to do. And I realized that I have not pushed myself to the edge, exerting myself so completely - every atom of my being - for a long time. I fell asleep during the talk - now, I don't usually do that. In fact, I went to a performance the night we arrived back in Israel (hello, jet lag) and I didn't fall asleep. I missed the middle, but I must say the end of the talk was quite excellent - and was just what I needed to hear. The speaker was talking about how we are all varying manifestations of the attributes of God. So to know ourselves is an excellent way of knowing God. And to 'polish our mirror' and let the attributes of God that we have the largest measures of reflect out is our contribution to humanity. Well, sorry if that's incoherent, but it fits right into stuff that I'm working on right now and really enhances it. I love it and it gives me impulsion to further my growth, so I ended the evening feeling empowered.
So we went home and watched some Firefly.
One note: I did wake up this morning, start working on this entry, saw my mother's title "For Crying Out Loud" and thought "huh, maybe it's time I change my title - to that!" Heheh, and then I thought "is that a symptom of turning 30?"
Happy 30th Birthday, Mara. I send you a hug and shed a tear with you. It's not so bad, really, you gain so many more realizations and insight to keep you busy (like you need one more thing to keep you busy!!) that you sometimes forget that you have even entered serious adulthood...if there is such a thing....sometimes a quiet reflection suffices. So my friend, welcome and many happy days to come. love you, mercy
Mara, Thanks for summarizing the end of the talk... that's the part that I really missed out on. I thought I was over my jet lag...
Hi Mercy! It's really wonderful to read you. I love you, too.
Oh, and thank you, Nae! Everyone, please put yourself on the map at Frappr! Thanks!