Ghanaian actress, Lydia Forson is a year older today. She took
to her website to write a long message for herself and shares photos of herself
rocking a body con pink outfit. Continue…
I’m 32 years old today- yes- let me spell
it out for you THIRTY TWO.
I’m not going to let anyone shame me into thinking I
shouldn’t say this out loud, or believe that it’s a sign that I’m running out
of time, for what I do not know.
Because for many instead of looking at age as a thing of
pride we’ve shrouded it in negativity.
I lost a friend this morning to cancer and it just dawned on
my that she didn’t get to have this opportunity.
So I’m going to scream my age out loud and wear it
with a badge if I have to. Why?
Because 32 years how many mornings I’ve
woken up and nightsI’ve gone to bed.
32 is how many years I’ve inhaled and exhaled without
skipping a beat, it’s the number years I’ve made it past Christmas,New
Years and other holidays, and more than anything it’s the number of
years I’ve been able to say I’m alive,when others couldn’t.
And for this I’m so grateful to God for my life and how far
I’ve come.
I look back at the person I was on this day last year and
not only do I not recognize her anymore, but I’m grateful she’s gone.
For the first time in many years, or my entire life for that
matter, I finally feel centered.
I can’t put into words what this means, but what I can say
is that it’s probably the happiest I’ve been in a very long time.
For years I concentrated and chased all the wrong things,
thinking once I had them I’d finally feel complete; until I
realized how unimportant they were and how very little they
contributed to my life.
When you finally embrace or own who you
are, you find peace and a sense of calmness and that’s when your life really
begins.
It’s been a long road with many obstacles that I’ve had to
fight through, but this only brought me closer to the true meaning of
life.
So as I continue my journey, I pray to live a more honest,
forgiving,selfless, peaceful and whole life.
A life not based on anyone else’s idea of what it should be
like but mine and Gods, doing what I love and surrounded by the people I care
about.
Today I may not be where I want to be but I’m exactly where
I’m supposed to be.
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