Twenty Five.

A co-worker and longtime friend, gave me a book as a farewell/good luck on your next job gift called "Bittersweet" by Shauna Niequist. She said that one chapter in particular entitled "Twenty Five" reminded her of me. I haven't read the whole book yet, but I took the time to read that chapter tonight and it had some quality stuff to say. Here are a few things that I liked:

"...when you start to hit twenty-eight or thirty, everything starts to divide, and you can see very clearly two kinds of people: on one side, people who have used their twenties to learn and grow, to find God and themselves and their deep dreams, people who know what works and what doesn't, who have pushed through to become real live adults. And then there's the other kind, who are hanging on to college, or high school even, with all their might... They live in kind of an extended adolescence, no closer to adulthood than they were when they graduated college. Don't be like that. Don't get stuck. Move, travel, take a class, take a risk. Walk away, try something new. There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming."

"Now is your time. Become, believe, try... Don't get stuck in the past, and don't try to fast-forward yourself into a future you haven't yet earned. Give today all the love and intensity and courage you can, and keep traveling honestly along life's path."

I have the tendency to always be looking toward the future, wanting the dream life with a great job, a husband, a house, a car, some kids, and I want it now... So I loved the line, "Don't try to fast-forward yourself into a future you haven't yet earned." Such great advice.

Well, there you have it! Whether you are 25 or 55, there's your little pep talk for the day....