Old Soul

Recently, I heard Mayce call one of our friends 'an old soul' and I couldn't stop thinking about her comment after that night. She wasn't saying it as a compliment or an insult - just an observation and a descriptor. I think that it struck me because that's what I feel that I am - an old soul, trapped in a 32-year-old body.

I don't think it's a bad thing or a good thing to be an old soul - it just IS. I find myself thinking a lot of the time that I feel older than I am - and I don't mean it as a complaint or anything - I just feel emotionally older than I am or should be for my age. I don't know that there's anything I can do to change it, nor is there a dying need to try. Since I turned 30, I have become more and more comfortable in my own skin and so I really don't care what people think of my soul - be it young OR old! HA!

I find that I think about things and analyze situations more than most people my age, and I feel things very deeply - both good and bad. Obviously, I am not in anyone else's head except my own, so these are just my perceptions, but just from how my peers react to things, I feel like I don't always fit in with the popular beliefs, thoughts, feelings, etc. I feel like I am much more serious than other women that are 32 who have no real responsibilities to others (kids). I guess I have to attribute this to growing up with more serious parents, going through very painful experiences in my 20's, and just being wired that way from Day 1.

No matter how I got here, an old soul I am.......and I'm OK with it. :)

Oh, and excuse the language on this last image, but I thought it was GREAT! I think I need to take this advice sometimes!!