Do good, feel good, be good...

I am 38 today.  I don't know what I expected 38 to feel like, but it wasn't this.  Not in a bad way, I just keep thinking...dang girl...38, that is so close to 40.  So, I am guessing that somewhere in my mind 40 seemed old at some point in time.  I think back to my mom at 38, it was when she had my brother,  and she didn't seem old then, but somewhere in my 20s, 40 seemed older, more mature, I guess.  I don't know where I thought I'd be or what I'd be doing, but as I drove in my car today with my 3 kiddos buckled in their carseats (the older 2 arguing with each other and the little one singing to herself), I couldn't think of someplace else in life I'd want to be really.  There is so much to be joyful about when I sit in the present.  When I look around at all I have to be grateful for, all my family is blessed with, it puts a smile on my face and often tears in my eyes.
Maybe it's been knowing this birthday is coming, or maybe I have just looked a little closer at myself in the mirror, but I have noticed more wrinkles on my face lately.  Last week my son told me my neck was getting old recently, kind of "scrunchy, you know".  The funny thing is that I feel healthier than I've ever been.  I'm training for a marathon and running again after about an 8 year hiatus.  My body feels like its in good shape, strong, I feel like I'm at my prime in some ways, full of potential.  I contemplate the next 38 years on the horizon and think...yes, my body will probably start breaking down from here on out (it's probably already started to), and so I better take good care of it, be kind to it, its the only one I've got.  I hope that isn't the case with my mind.  Hopefully, it's the opposite, it continues to find more clarity, less struggle, more ease, less suffering. 
I keep getting the same label on my yogi tea bags that say "Feel good, do good, be good." Those 3 in I'm not sure what order, but it resonates with me.  I hope to spend this next year living that.  Feeling good, taking care of myself, not putting garbage into my body or my mind, continuing to surround myself with people that make me feel good, laughing often, spending as much time as possible outside.  Doing good...raising my children with intention, taking care of my husband and my family, being kind to others, having a positive impact on those I come into contact with, friends and strangers alike, extending grace, forgiveness, letting the past go.  And last but not least...being good.  I think the being good comes from living the first two.  I am hoping it will be my best year yet.