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Quotable Quotes: It's My Birthday!

by Miki Saxon

Happy birthday to me; happy birthday to me, etc. etc. etc.

I thought I’d write a rhyme in honor of the anniversary of my birth and share it with you. Not a poem, I can’t write poetry, but I do write rhymes (some better than others:) So without more ado…

It’s my birthday and I’m not shy
shouting the news to the birds in the sky.
That’s the way I approach my life
because increasing years should not add strife!

I wouldn’t go back as an awkward teen,
with raging hormones and pimples seen;
back then I believed I could take wing
because I knew most everything.

I entered my twenties with more of the same,
but as time went by I started to tame
lots of the actions that created a stink;
I listened and learned and started to think!

Over the decades I made sure I kept growing
and the people I met kept new ideas flowing.

These days I coach and I write—a living I’m earning—
but nothing has changed I’m still talking and learning.
My picture is old and won’t be changed soon
and no matter what I’ll never carry a tune.

But life goes on and that’s a cert
even though today I am older than dirt.

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11 Responses to “Quotable Quotes: It's My Birthday!”
  1. MAPping Company Success Says:

    […] Be sure to stop by Leadership Turn to see Miki’s birthday rhyme. […]

  2. Denis Says:

    Joyeux Anniversaire Miki !

  3. Miki Saxon Says:

    Thank you, Denis. It’s a special treat to receive that wish in French!

  4. Tony Says:

    Thanks for sharing. Not many people are happy as they grow older; especially, the younger generation. Happy Birthday

  5. Phil Gerbyshak Says:

    Happy birthday Miki! Here’s to many more days of fun and insight from you!

    Enjoy your day!

  6. Miki Saxon Says:

    But Tony, at one point we were ALL the younger generation!

    Anyway, IMO it’s pretty stupid to be unhappy about something that is going to happen whether you like it or not. Better to find the half-full glass and see the silver lining than waste energy on something that’s inevitable.

    Nobody ever got out of this world alive!

    Thanks for the comment and the birthday wishes.

  7. Miki Saxon Says:

    Thanks Phil:) I’m glad I provide fun and useful insights and will endeavor to continue throughout my dotage.

  8. Becky Robinson Says:

    Sorry I missed your birthday, Miki. Thanks for the fun rhyme. I am sure that your wisdom and mentoring has influenced so many lives. Thanks for sharing it. I appreciate your straightforwardness and authenticity.

    Becky

    http://mountainstate.typepad.com/leadership/2009/04/leadership-and-the-magnetic-draw-of-authenticity.html

  9. Elliot Ross Says:

    Older than dirt? Take the test!

    How many do you remember?

    Head lights dimmer switches on the floor.
    Ignition switches on the dashboard.
    Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.
    Real ice boxes.
    Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
    Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.
    Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.

    Older Than Dirt Quiz: Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about Ratings at the bottom.

    1. Blackjack chewing gum
    2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
    3. Candy cigarettes
    4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
    5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes
    6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
    7. Party lines
    8. Newsreels before the movie
    9. P.F. Flyers
    10. Butch wax
    11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (OLive-6933)
    12. Peashooters
    13. Howdy Doody
    14. 45 RPM records
    15. S&H Green Stamps
    16 Hi-fi’s
    17. Metal ice trays with lever
    18. Mimeograph paper
    19 Blue flashbulb
    20. Packards
    21. Roller skate keys
    22. Cork popguns
    23. Drive-ins
    24. Studebakers
    25. Wash tub wringers

    If you remembered 0-5 = You’re still young
    If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
    If you remembered 11-15 = Don’t tell your age,
    If you remembered 16-25 = You’re older than dirt!

  10. Miki Saxon Says:

    Becky, thanks for the kind words. I left a comment on your post and it stirs ideas for a full post on the danger of assumptive language later this week.

  11. Miki Saxon Says:

    Hi Elliot. Your test only confirms what I already knew—older than dirt.

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