One year older, one year wiser

Writing a friend's birthday card and was going to write something along the lines of being one year older. Then I thought - why do we always say people are a year older, on their birthdays? Because truth is, they are just a day older than yesterday. When we say "you're one year older, one year wiser!" it seems as if that person suddenly grew a year, or is expected to be a year older and wiser. We sometimes don't realise that that one year older and one year wiser was a part of a process - that everyday process, that growing, that changing, which made them who they are today.


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Cos I've got nothing of my own to give to You
But this light that shines on me, shines on You

(David Crowder, Stars)