You’re too old…
Bitch what?!
Let me see if I understand you correctly. …..
I’m too old to still be single.
I’m too old to not have had at least one child
I’m too old to still be living in an apartment.
I’m too old to have never been in a serious relationship and now I’m too old to travel?! To go places people only dream about and to see things that are typically reserved for postcards?!
My Papa used to always say, “opportunity is like a little bald head baby with a piece of hair sticking up. If you don’t catch it when he’s running by, you’ve missed your chance”. Now granted, the analogy is rather awful but my Papa said it. You don’t argue with old people logic. You just say yes ma’am/sir and keep going.
As if every 28 days that pass with an unsuccessful ovulation isn’t enough of a reminder, I didn’t realize that I needed to put additional limitations on myself. Clearly I didn’t get the memo on how to be stimulated without stimulation. How to travel without actually traveling. How to enjoy life without doing anything but sitting there waiting on life to happen.
This is exactly the reason why I avoid stupid! When I began filtering all negativity and creating positive ripples, the storms became none existent. It still amazes me how negativity perpetuates itself. It breeds dissatisfaction and clutters the mind. And once the mind is cluttered, happiness is MUCH harder to come by.
So what am I?
I’m not single or taken. I am LIVING!
I am growing, maturing, learning, praying observing, avoiding, preserving, enjoying, laughing, crying (tears of joy are the best), engaging, meeting, liking, loving, separating, reminiscing and eating doughnuts. Definitely eating doughnuts!
I have chosen to close some doors, not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they no longer lead somewhere. I have learned along the way…..elevation requires separation and I am unapologetic about it.
Adventures Before The Ring 
I get what papa is saying. Opportunities come by quickly. If you don’t look fast, they could pass you by in the blink of an eye, just like that piece of hair. I hate hearing that “you are too old”. Now, I feel that it only gives me the right to tell the person that says it that “you’re too old to be giving me bad advice”. Never let anyone speak a form of death in your life, that’s what I say. That’s how that negativity could bind you up so tightly. Growth definitely promotes freedom. Traveling promotes positive energy!!!!! Keep growing & keep doubling those stamps in your passport!!!!!
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