the birm*

Getting old.

“Old” is a weird term really. I was just listening to Ben Harper’s new album Lifeline, and the song Younger than Today sums it up with the lyrics “…you will never be younger than today…”. I was thinking recently that I wasn’t sleeping as well as I used to, be it because of my uncomfortable bed, because of what I eat or because of stress, I don’t know. The point is I’m told that as you get older you don’t sleep as well as when you were young…so I must be getting older! “you’re only as old as you feel”, in that case I’m 17…except after a run/game of handball/day of climbing, which make me feel sore, tight and…“old”. Don’t get me wrong, I love life, I love living, I love experiences, pleasures, pains, mistakes, glories and the knowledge/wisdom you get from having lived. I wouldn’t trade that for anything…

As I can pretty much never come to conclusions and tidy my thoughts up, I’ll conclude by stating that I only started writing this post to say that I’ve been blogging for 5 years today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY the birm*!