“I Am Proud To Be 32 Years Old” – Actress, Lydia Forson Gushes Over Self As She Adds A Year

Ghanaian born, Nollywood/Ghollywood actress, Lydia
Forson wrote an amazing birthday message to herself
as she clocks 32 years old in which she said that she is
not in any way ashamed of her age.

“I’m 32 years old today- yes- let me spell it
out for you 32. I’m not going to let anyone
shame me into thinking I shouldn’t say this
out loud, or believe that it’s a sign that I’m
running out of time, for what I do not
know.
Because for many instead of looking at age
as a thing of pride we’ve shrouded it in
negativity. I lost a friend this morning to
cancer and it just dawned on me that she
didn’t get to have this opportunity. So I’m
going to scream my age out loud and wear
it with a badge if I have to. Why? Because
32 years is how many mornings I’ve woken
up and nights I’ve gone to bed. 32 is how
many years I’ve inhaled and exhaled
without skipping a beat, it’s the number
years I’ve made it past Christmas,New
Years and other holidays, and more than
anything it’s the number of years I’ve been
able to say I’m alive,when others couldn’t.
And for this I’m so grateful to God for my
life and how far I’ve come. I look back at
the person I was on this day last year and
not only do I not recognize her anymore,
but I’m grateful she’s gone. For the first
time in many years, or my entire life for
that matter, I finally feel centered. I can’t
put into words what this means, but what I
can say is that it’s probably the happiest
I’ve been in a very long time. For years I
concentrated and chased all the wrong
things, thinking once I had them I’d finally
feel complete; until I realized how
unimportant they were and how very little
they contributed to my life. When you
finally embrace or own who you are, you
find peace and a sense of calmness and
that’s when your life really begins. It’s been
a long road with many obstacles that I’ve
had to fight through, but this only brought
me closer to the true meaning of life. So as
I continue my journey, I pray to live a more
honest, forgiving,selfless, peaceful and
whole life. A life not based on anyone else’s
idea of what it should be like but mine and
Gods, doing what I love and surrounded by
the people I care about. Today I may not be
where I want to be but I’m exactly where
I’m supposed to be”.