Day 3,452—Ready to be Old—

Those who say it is better to be young and want to relive their early twenties didn’t have my experience growing up. There were some great moments during that time but it was different. I like myself and my life better than I did then. I felt so uncertain then—not that I don’t feel uncertain now, but now I feel no burden that I should be certain about what happens after we die, the meaning of it all, or that I am making the most of my time here. It’s not like the questions have gone away, but finding my influence and focusing on doing what I know to be right is a lot simpler than trying to figure it out for everyone else. It is refreshing to accept that I don’t know what other people need to be happy and complete, and maybe they are happy already. Who is it to say what other people should feel?