Today Is My Birthday

It's 11 o'clock at night, I'm sitting at home, and drinking tea. The day was a slow crawl of dreary grey and strange silence. The night doesn't move any quicker, and it brings a chill with it, too. My neck strains and my knees ache from the cold. I feel like an elderly, worn and discarded man...

But today is my birthday. I have seen enough birthdays to understand that this cannot go on forever. So I cherish this day, I cherish what I have. A quarter-century lived has been a full experience; the joys and wonders in life that I find by my God have been enough for me. If tomorrow never comes, I am at peace. I am blessed, and I am thankful.