You’re going to be told two things over and over as you age.

The first, this is the best time of your life. Second, often in the same breath, you’re not old.

As time passes, people eventually stop correcting you when you say you’re old. If you’re lucky, or just paying attention, you’ll start to realize how lucky you really are. And just maybe, this is the best time of your life.

Nostalgia is funny in that it only lives in the past tense. You unfortunately can’t feel nostalgic for this moment you’re living now. Your memories need time to settle, to find their home and find a path between your heart and brain.

Sometimes it will be years before we long for the good old days, other times we’ll catch ourselves smiling when we get caught in the rain, making us fond for the last time the scent of a summer shower made us stop to take it in.

We won’t know if today is the best day of our lives. Not really. Not until much later in life. So why not treat it like it is?

The good times aren’t over. Not yet anyway.