Hello 26

Today is my 26th birthday. Time has surely flown and from what I understand it just continues to zip on by from here. Today was a very nice day and I'm truly blessed. My students threw me a surprise part @ school today and even had my favorite-- ice cream cone cupcakes. It was so thoughtful and sweet.

I have been trying to get into more meditative practices and purchased, "The Daily Book of Positive Quotations" by Linda Picone. Each day has a quote with a little musing. I felt that today's musing was very relevant to it being my birthday.

June 10- Corny but true
"There's an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be corny." Irving Berlin

Basically, the musing goes on to discuss how depending on the generation you live in often determines what you find as relevant and what is irrelevant. It determines the corny from the nostalgic. The first paragraph was very fitting to how I felt today:
"The younger we are, the more likely we are to dismiss the past as being old-fashioned and irrelevant. The older we are, the more likely we are to see wisdom and virtue in 'the good old days.'" (Picone, 176, 2008)

I just felt that it was a very relevant topic when thinking about my birthday. It left you with ideas to do a musing of your own:

"Which ideas from my youth are still good today? And which should I let go of?"

I must say I am not completely sure. I think I'm going to need to contemplate this more before I can answer. I don't necessarily know whether it is ideas that I should let go of or certain items. For example, my collection of stuffed animals. I don't really look at them but I have such an emotional attachment to most of them. I just can't seem to part with them. I hold onto so many things that are not important, but make them important. I keep saying, "If I have children it would be nice to pass them down to them." When, in fact, I know that my child doesn't want my hand me downs.

But its more than just "things."Ideas. Emotions. Hang ups. I wish that I could let go of the things that clutter my judgment. I think about the different ideas I had as a child about relationships, friendships, and other aspects of life. As a teacher, I am now watching students go through the same challenges/obstacles that we did as children. The wisdom I've gained and am passing down from my "good old days" that are being cast aside as "you don't understand." Its just interesting to see the lessons learned from the past and how relevant that are in this future.


I would be remiss if I did not mention that today is also the birthday of the one and only- Judy Garland.