10 Birthday Reflections in 2025

I celebrated my birthday this past weekend. It wasn’t a special milestone birthday or anything like that, but it did allow me to pause and reflect on a few important things about life and living …

Below are ten reflections I had on my birthday this year. I hope they serve as useful reminders for you, too.

1. Find inner joy and peace to feel young as often as you want. Youth is a figment of everyone’s imagination, including your own. Joy and sorrow and wisdom (etc.) are for all ages. And no amount of outward alterations or props will ever be able …