Tonight, my friend, I thought we'd sit down and have a little conversation about some of the things I do differently now than I did when I was younger.

Some of them are little things, some are bigger things, and some took me quite a few years to figure out.

We talk about friendships and the people we choose to have in our lives, taking better care of ourselves, worrying less about what other people think, protecting our time, appreciating the ordinary days, choosing comfort a little more often, and realizing that we don't always have to save the ""good stuff"" for someday.

One thing I've come to appreciate more and more is the quality of the people in my life. I think of friendships almost as circles, with a few people very close to the center and other circles extending outward. Those circles aren't a measure of someone's worth or the quality of the friendship. They're simply different levels of closeness. What matters to me now is having kind, genuine people throughout all of those circles...people around whom I can simply be myself.

Maybe that's one of the nicest things about getting older. We don't necessarily have everything figured out, but perhaps we get a little better at recognizing what really matters.

So get comfortable, settle in, and let's have a quiet chat.

Thank you so much for spending part of your day or evening with me. Rest well, my friend.

Warmly,

Jeannie