On September 3rd at around 7:00 PM Mountain Time, I wrapped up my 25th year of life on this planet. It’s pretty crazy to realize I’ve been alive for a quarter of a century.
Here are some things I think I’ve figured out in my 9131 days:
Travel as much as possible to places as far away as possible. There’s nothing better than a change in scenery to give you bit of perspective on the world. The older you get, the less time you seem to have, so travel a lot when you are young.
The best way to be successful in life is to surround yourself with people who’s skills, talents and virtues compliment your own. Partnership is very powerful.
Try not to have enemies, they’re rarely worth the time and energy spent avoiding them.
The traditional way of doing things is not always the best way.
Happy belated birthday. And great words of wisdom.
You are indeed very wise, as Ed comments. Since the first moment of that day a quarter-century ago, you’ve been your own person, and always a remarkable one: brilliant, hilarious, handsome, fun, able to express love when it’s appropriate but not giving it away randomly, and deeply caring about the feelings of others and about the world in general. You use both hemispheres of your brain in the most graceful and wonderful ways, and are able to school yourself in complex subjects that others have to pay to learn. As this first quarter-century illustrates, life is short and goes by so much faster that we ever imagined it could. We have to seize the day, and you’ve been doing that all your life. I couldn’t be more proud and happy to be your mom.