30

And what a journey it has been… a 30 years time of … sharpening…

…the face, for it has long been the ugly duckling that everyone disconsidered, only to change to be unrecognisable by many who only were to shallow to see the potential beauty inside and outside.

…the mind…. for it has endured and has been put to test so many times… and now it is only much wiser, after all the wars it has lost and even through all the phisycal and non physical scars.

…the heart…. for it has learned to love only the hard way, but now it knows how to do it, and choses very well.

…the soul for it has suffered enough to believe that in the end nothing in this life is only about us…. because if you give you only get so much more in return…. and the true value is really not about money or anything that is material or you can touch. the greatest possesion of all will be what you can feel or make others really feel.

30 years of changing only will lead to many more times of changing… ‘cause we continuously change in order to be better versions of us. a much shinier and wiser and always better…. ME.

Or any other YOU. this is for every me and every you out there, be better with every passing year. love yourself so good by all means and love others through the same means.

P. S. Se spune ca dupa 30 ani femeile o iau razna, innebunesc. Ca vor o schimbare radicala, deodata, si incep sa fie dintr-odata foarte diferite. I lived by this saying, wondering… will it happen to me too ?…. Ce va fi, cum va fi, cum ma voi schimba…?

Nu, nu am de gand sa ma schimb radical si nici brusc. Si nici fundamental, voi tine mereu la valorile mele si nu vreau sa le alterez in vreun fel. Chiar daca acestea in mare parte nu corespund cu ceea ce este acceptat sau bine vazut de majoritatea celor din jurul meu. M-am temut degeaba de toate astea, nu ne schimbam pentru ca innebunim, ne schimbam daca simtim nevoia.

Cel mai important lucru pe care l-am invatat pana acum, de altfel si cel mai dureros, este ca nu primim mereu ce ne dorim, insa ni se intampla absolut intotdeauna exact ceea ce ne provoaca cea mai mare frica.

Adevarul e ca a fost si va fi mereu o schimbare, insa una continua.

I. D. M.