But I just wanted to pop on and just say that in 45 years of living on this wonderful green little planet in the middle of the cosmos or edge of the cosmos somewhere that I've learned a lot, right? And I tend to get very introspective and do a lot of reflecting around the time of my birthday. And one of the things that I just felt compelled to come on here and say as I make my return to Swell cast is that wisdom and age are correlated in some ways
I was wondering I missed you in your thoughtful conversations around here. Happy birthday. And may you have many, many more reflective birthdays ahead
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:55
I'm more open, and I allow for things to delight me that I'm not necessarily in control of or in understanding of. But there's this capacity to be more with capital B. I'm not hyper about amassing a bunch of knowledge and wisdom. I'm more hyper about living in a moment where something will delight me and vigorate my mind and give me bits of information and what we call knowledge. But it's not a sport, you know what I'm saying?
Lance Watson
@lwatsonjr · 4:05
And that so much information that I have received over the years from my elders and their contemporaries and even my parents, that I was not in a place in terms of my own growth and development to hear and find myself every year more and more tickled by the insight that was shared with me selflessly from these people. I'll give you a great example
Wren .
@aBirdieOnaWire · 3:28
I don't think that ever goes away. My body tells me otherwise as I creak and pop and snap here and there. But my mind is telling me that you should be able to just jump out of bed and you should be able to ride your bike 25 miles and not hurt after the first two. So that never goes away either. But the more important thing you were talking about is gaining wisdom and being in a place where you're still growing
Sontaia Briggs
@PKBriggs · 1:53
I think that in all our lives, we're always looking for these huge kind of moments, and we have these goals and dreams and things we want to accomplish, but just living 365 days, in my opinion, is a h*** of an accomplishment. With your sanity, your integrity, your heart, your passion, your faith, your hope, with all those things and moderate tact, I think that's amazing. So happy birthday
Jack .
@zejacques · 0:47
I definitely fall in the category of someone younger than you and I'm going to take your advice to heart to just give myself time. I feel like I'm fairly patient with myself, but there are certain areas where it can be tempting or easy to try and push or force things or rush things. So thanks again for the great advice as always, and great to have you back and can't wait to hear your voice on some other swolls around here