[HairOfTheDog]

Cheer up! - It could be raining.






Nevermind.... It is raining.

[Exeter]

And that's not even the worst part, 1smallVoice. I passed that mark last year and quickly realized that at 50 the warranty on your body expires, and like any car, house, etc. once that happens the parts always start to go bad...

[JoeSixPack1]

Have no fear, I hit 50 last month and this month I received My AARP membership card, you old coot!!!!!

Happy birthday!!!!!!!!

[Kenton]

I'm not going to take any cheap shots at you for feeling down on your half-century mark. Happens to a lot of people. The best advice I can give you is to talk to your family doctor. Your "blues" may be nothing worse than an internal chemical imbalance caused by, among other things, a changing body chemistry as you age.

The good news is that it can be treated easily and successfully, but you probably can't do it by yourself. Stop suffering. See your doctor. Talking to a clergyman would be a great idea too. You are NOT alone. God is sitting there right over your shoulder, and he's not going anyplace. You just have to do your part and be sure to thank him when He heals you (with the doctor's help).

[muskogee]

Get on FR and make some friends.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Birthday's suck because you get to see just how unimportant you really are.

Although I've never tried it, being important is probably overated. My dogs love me all the same.

[VRWCmember]

Birthday's suck because you get to see just how unimportant you really are.

Don't believe that for a second. You are precious in God's sight and in the hearts of those who are close to you. You turned 50 today, so think of ways today that you will make the next 50 years better for yourself and those around you than the last 50. Have a GREAT birthday; treat yourself to a special night out doing things you enjoy with friends or without.

[YaYa123]

"Gloom, despair, and agony on me,
Deep dark depression, excessive misery.
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.
Gloom, despair, and agony on me."

or how bout this one.....

"Think I'll eat a tadpole, think I'll eat a bug
I've got some worms out in the garden, just recently dug
So if nobody loves me, and I don't get a hug,
I think I'll eat a tadpole or a bug. "

[AZamericonnie]

Ok, first your having a bad day 5/12 & now your down on your birthday! Look at all the wonderful responses of support from well wishers. I can't imagine anyone having 64 people wish them Happy Birthday. Well add mine to it @ #65. Besides the Matrix is supposed to phenom! Happy Birthday 1smallvoice.

[gcruse]

My fiftieth birthday didn't even net a movie. Enjoy your kids. How much better could it be?

[Cagey]

Smile! You're in good company!

[Charles Henrickson]

I hit 50 (or it hit me) in March. Welcome to the club, you young whippersnapper!

[Joe Hadenuf]

Birthday's suck because you get to see just how unimportant you really are.

So once your birthday is over, you can feel important again?

Look, if your were really important people would try to kill you, kidnap your kids, steal your money, and slander you in the papers, and the FBI would bug your telephones and the IRS would be pounding on your door, and you would have 10 civil law suits pending against you.

Forget about being important. It's nothing but trouble. Stay simple, life is better that way.

[chicagolady]

Happy Birthday. Mine was May 12 ! I LOVE Birthdays I ask God for something every year. This year I asked Him to give me the grace and power to yield to His spirit only! It all depends if you want to be negative or positive. My prayer for you this birthday week is that God would give you eyes to see all His provision in your life and all blessings He bestows by people, places, and things. I am 47 years old and God has made it all worth it! Jesus, please bless my friend, first by having a great desire to know you. Send folks into his/her life to bless and encourage him/her. Lord show your love and peace to them is a special way. Bless the work of their hands and thoughts in his/her mind. Pour out your joy! In Jesus name amen!