Quotable Quotes: It's My Birthday!
by Miki SaxonHappy 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.
Your comments—priceless
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April 26th, 2009 at 5:34 am
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April 26th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Joyeux Anniversaire Miki !
April 26th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Thank you, Denis. It’s a special treat to receive that wish in French!
April 26th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Thanks for sharing. Not many people are happy as they grow older; especially, the younger generation. Happy Birthday
April 26th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Happy birthday Miki! Here’s to many more days of fun and insight from you!
Enjoy your day!
April 26th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
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.
April 26th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Thanks Phil:) I’m glad I provide fun and useful insights and will endeavor to continue throughout my dotage.
April 28th, 2009 at 4:29 am
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
April 28th, 2009 at 8:33 am
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!
April 28th, 2009 at 10:12 am
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.
April 28th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Hi Elliot. Your test only confirms what I already knew—older than dirt.