Column: Birthdays can bring some positives

Don't panic if you forgot my birthday today; you've still got time to shop.

You can order tickets online from the Texas Rangers, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Cowboys or a gift certificate from HairClub.

I can always use a new basketball, tennis racquet or fairway putter.

Speaking of, thank you to Doc Elder, Jay Kline, Ted Fares, Larry Smith, Chris Beaty, and Kenny and Kelsey Prince for taking me golfing in Clovis.

If you consider me zealous about not walking the straight and narrow, you can gift me with books by Joel Osteen, Benny Hinn, Mike Murdock or Pat Robertson — as long as I'm guaranteed their prosperity.

I don't mind getting older because, in the words of Jimmy Buffett, I'm growing older but not up.

And, as Martha Stewart would say, that's a good thing.

I don't hear about kids bombing each other, feuding over doctrinal differences, scamming the elderly, buying McMansions to impress, placing people in political pigeonholes…

Birthdays do bring some positives. Most of us grow into people unconcerned about what others think about us because we are secure within ourselves.

We've learned that, despite imperfections, most people are smart, kind, trustworthy and accepting — and that much of life is determined by genetics and fate.

We even feel compassion for those who have been too sheltered to figure this out.

I do feel bad about one thing. I forgot my twin sister's birthday.

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