How To Reach Level 40 And Beyond

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Checking out of the grocery store, I noticed the bag boy eyeing my two adopted children. They often draw scrutiny, since my son’s a blond Russian, while my daughter has shiny black Haitian skin.

The boy continued staring as he carried our groceries to the car. Finally he asked, "Those your kids?"

"They sure are," I said with pride.

"They adopted?"

"Yes," I replied.

"I thought so," he concluded. "I figured you’re too old to have kids that small."* o_O

- Joke from Reader's Digest.com

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When you get older, are you still excited to celebrate your brithdays?

Tomorrow is mine.

While some come to view birthdays in a negative light (e.g. Geritol jokes, groaning about turning old, etc), I decided last year to no longer have birthdays and instead have what I call “Level Up Day!”

(Photo: redbubble.com)

Why Level Up Day?

Yup, that’s right. No more looking at birthdays as a death keel for me.

Think about this...what is the appeal of video games?

To become better and advance from Level 1 to another.

I come from the old school Nintendo 8-bit days (I loved me some Super Mario Bros. back in the day) and there is nothing more exciting than leveling up your character. Think about it. When you level up, your character becomes stronger, faster, and more powerful.

Mario had to save the Princess from the castle. He required power ups along the way in order to complete his journey. Some power ups helped him to become invincible or shoot fire. The power ups enhanced his character.

Isn’t that a great example of the word “wisdom?” As you continue to go through the different levels of life, you will face many challenges. You can take the power up of wisdom to move to the next level.

Level Up Day (formerly called Birthdays) allow you to look at this special day as another year God has allowed you to advance or level up!

So what about you?

Have you looked at your birthdays in a negative light? Post your thoughts below.

Your Leveling Up Friend,

Griffin

P.S. if you are really daring, tell me what level you are at and I’ll tell you mine. :)

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Happy Birthday. I see no reason to acknowledge they exist. I'm old enough to be counting my age backwards now! LOL

Hi Griffin! May I wish you an early Happy Birthday! Oh! Happy Level up!! :-) You have a unique look on life which is refreshing and fun! So you liked Mario Bros. Hmmm. I guess I will show my age. I loved the original Pong! It was great! It was on our first Apple computer!

Thank you so much for sharing your fun thoughts with all of us today!

Have a wonderful day tomorrow my Pisces friend!

Gracias! :)

Yae, those were my favorite games, PacMan and Mario. I haven't found newer ones that I like. I just had a birthday last weekend. I actually get discounts at some restaurants, Goodwill and other places.Some don't give discounts until your over 60. Some of them start at 55. I don't look like I did back 10 years ago or more, but I certainly have more life wisdom. Learning new things and finding interesting things to do is what keeps us going.

Very true! Thanks for your thoughts! :)

Great post! I just leveled up the end of December. I've always said I want to move my birthday to July because it's right after Christmas and right before New Years. I always get screwed. My starting point was the great year of '65 ;-)

A new year, a new level! Weooooo!

I like that! I usually repeat my 29th birthday every year, but leveling up sounds good! Have a Happy Level Up Day!!!

Thank you kindly!

Happy level up then!

Thank you kindly!

the best wine is the oldest one.. amen to that, brother!

So tomorrow is your birthday?

Yupkins. :)

Happy Level Up Day! While I never looked at my Bdays as leveling up it is pretty much the same attitude that I have taken with them. From now on though I will be leveling up! Currently I am level 37!

Suh-weet! I will, Lord willing, be Level 42! Yeah buddy!

I just hope they keep raising max level! Lol

Very nice way of thinking!

Thank you kindly!

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