Well, I turned another year older today.
I have survived another revolution around the Sun.
I don’t feel much older than I did…twenty three years ago when I was just 18 years old.(yikes!).
Today I received wonderful birthday blessings from so many people from around the world. It was incredibly humbling and joyful to have so many friends both near and far away! Thank you all so very much!
Tonight, my beautiful wife is preparing my favorite kind of ethnic food – Indian curry (of course)…what a great way to cap what has been an amazing birthday!
One of my favorite living poets Ted Kooser once wrote this poem that pretty much sums up my amazing day –
‘A Birthday Poem’
Just past dawn, the sun stands 
with its heavy red head
in a black stanchion of trees,
waiting for someone to come
with his bucket
for the foamy white light,
and then a long day in the pasture.
I too spend my days grazing,
feasting on every green moment
till darkness calls,
and with the others
I walk away into the night,
swinging the little tin bell
of my name.
Thank you friends!
Pastor's Ponderings 
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