Forty-Eight

Turned 48 today.

Did I have fun today? You know, I did.

The day itself was nothing fancy, and that was the gift. Coffee with an old friend in the morning — a year caught up in an hour. Work - a purpose, where I’m respected and challenged. A walk/scooter on a gorgeous day with a solo lunch date: a burger and a beer. Taekwondo in the evening. Dinner with the kids to close it out.

There’s a line from Flaubert I keep coming back to:

The secret of being happy consists of knowing how to enjoy yourself — enjoy being at table, in bed, enjoy standing up, sitting down, enjoy the nearest ray of sunshine, the slightest bit of landscape: in other words, love everything.

Forty-eight looks like that, I think. Not the big arrivals — the nearest ray of sunshine. Friends, exercise, good meals, and my kids nearby.

Heaven in a day.