Love this my  new mantra.....thanks Jamie
  

I  would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life,  my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As  I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical  of myself. I've become my own friend. I don't chide myself  for eating that extra cookie, or for not making
my bed,  or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need,  but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a  treat, to be messy, to be extravagant. 

I have  seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon;  before they understood the great freedom that comes with  aging.

Whose  business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer  until 4 AM and sleep until noon? I will dance with myself  to those wonderful tunes of the 60 &70's, and if I, at  the same time, wish to weep over a lost love .... I  will.
 
I  will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over  a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon  if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet  set.

They,  too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes  forgetful.
But there again, some of life is just as  well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important  things.

Sure,  over the years my heart has been broken. How can your  heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child  suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a  car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and  understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is  pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being  imperfect.

 I  am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair  turning grey, and to have my youthful laughs be forever  etched into deep grooves on my face.
So many have never  laughed, and so many have died before their hair could  turn silver. 

 As  you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less  about what other people think. I don't question myself  anymore.
I've even earned the right to be  wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being  old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become.  I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here,  I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or  worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every  single day(if I feel like it). 

MAY  OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S  STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!

 MAY  YOU ALWAYS HAVE A RAINBOW OF SMILES ON YOUR FACE AND IN  YOUR HEART FOREVER AND EVER!
FRIENDS  FOREVER!