60 Years Old - And Luvvin' It!

Looking classy!

What a smile!!

How happy is that?

Diana Ross or wot?

Rather saucy!

Much more ladylike!!

I am 60 years old today and it feels fabulous! Yes, you read that correctly. It feels fabulous. In fact I am not only a sensational sixty but I am also sexy, super-duper, seductive and savvy, intent on soaring to new levels of my life. I am not sure how you, who are reading this, view your life and getting older, but I love it. Last year I was 59, the year before that I was 58 and five years ago I was 55 and it doesn't feel any different today than it felt all those years ago. So if ageing feels different to you, in a negative way, it is mainly in the mind. Nowhere else. I have no wish to be 30 or 20 or 40 again because there is nothing I was doing back then that I can't do now. I might not be as agile physically but my mind is even sharper than it used to be because I exercise it so much. I also have a beautiful face, with a beautiful smile, because I use that smile so much too!

Today I start of my 60th year and 7th decade with an awful lot of plusses. I am beautiful, gorgeous, loving, caring, wonderful and serene. I have shelter, food, enough money for my needs and amazing friends. But most important, I am breathing. I am alive. I have a pulse. How could I take that for granted? I have a life threatening illness, yes, but who cares? We all have to die sometime. So I give gratitude for being favoured. In fact, I might keel over tomorrow if my blood sugar runs riot, but I am darn well going to make the most of today because that is all I am sure of, and what a day it is. Phenomenal!

I shall be taking some pictures, as I do on every birthday, I shall be meeting friends and I shall be relaxing at the end to reminisce before getting on with business as usual. I start the day being one of the top 12 writers on Helium.com, out of 100,000 writers worldwide. That's nice. I am also among the top 7 members on Newsvine (past 3 months) as well as their top writer (I can live with that! ), and pioneering the recognition of a branch of health that has been long overlooked and underrated - emotional health. :o)

I have a budding new website attracting visitors daily. As of today, I have written 640 articles in only three years on my subjects: emotional health, self-empowerment, relationships and dating. Put with all the other things in my life that I have already achieved, I feel fantastic about me. I am living proof that life is, indeed, what you make it and every day brings me new opportunities to make it what I want. Somedays will be crap and some will be incredible, but my own sense of value and perception will keep my happiness levels at top rate and a sense of reality in place.

For my 7th decade I have 7 main things I wish to do now:
1. To reconcile with my two great children. I love them dearly and just want us back together to get on with it. I am sure we have much to share with each other.
2. To meet a wonderful man who doesn't fear ageing either and wants us to live disgracefully ever after!
3. To complete my doctorate, or be honoured for my writings.
4. To advertise a product (the question will be which one, as it has to be something I agree with), 5. To run/walk the London marathon to raise money for people suffering from diabetes.
6. To have my own TV show around ageing and emotional health issues
7. To meet Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama and my lifelong hero, Denzel Washington (scrumptious, isn't he?)

So there you have it: my feelings today and all my hopes, ambitions and expected achievements over the next 10 years. Of course, it goes without saying that I shall still be looking sexy and sensational throughout each of those years. I have deliberately written this article (Part 2 of my birthday blog) to encourage people who dread ageing. To show that it can be what we want, not what everyone else has!

Thank you my friends, supporters and fans -especially Gwenllian in Wales - for your wonderful encouragement, affirmation and simply being with me on my fascinating journey in my 50s. I now look forward to your company again in my 60s and all the amazing surprises waiting in store or us. What a time we are going to have! Cheers!

(Enjoy the pics. They were all taken today on my birthday!) :o)

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