You know I dive in head first so before I tell you Happy Birthday, I want to tackle that comment above "youth was completely wasted".
The mindset is all wrong.
We are in boot camp here and everything you do is recorded so every step you have taken in this life has been to reach the goal of graduating to the next level. See experience for a human is the best teacher so we learn by having those experiences and yes sometimes it takes a few times to nail it down so we change and do something different and get a better outcome than the ones before.
So each step you have taken has been to reach the level you are right now, yes you are still pretty wet behind the ears and have a whole lot of learning and growing to do but from this old Great Grandmothers perspective you are a fantastic human, now I am not going to get mushy (not my style), but with God behind you pushing and prodding and sending folks into your life for lessons of learning I think you are going to become someone more than a few will look up to for years to come.
And I am looking forward to seeing that man...
Now I will tell ya Happy Birthday youngin! Have a great blessed day!
It's that time again!!