Hoda Kotb just turned 60, and she couldn’t be happier about it. In fact, the author and TODAY co-anchor chose to celebrate her 60th trip around the sun by giving a birthday present to the rest of us: the gift of her positive and inspiring perspective on aging. For a special episode of her podcast, instead of inviting to join her, Hoda sat at the mic solo and opened up about embarking on a new decade of life with hope for the future and gratitude for the past.
Here are some of the powerful lessons she shared along the way. “When I learned that is turning 60 and and Sandra Bullock and all of these awesome women, I feel like this is a club that I am honored to be a part of,” she shared. “Because what do I (see) when I look at these women? I see vibrancy.
I see creativity. I see rebirth. I see new life.
I see all these beautiful things. And I realize that every decade, no matter what you are, is a chance for repotting, rebirth, resurgence. Like all these things can happen.
You get to choose.” Her message is just as fitting for someone approaching 30 or 40 as it is for 60 — or any landmark age. “Some people, when they turn 30, are like, ‘Oh my God, I’m 30.
It’s over. All my friends are married.’ It’s like, be real, man,” Hoda said.
“You’re on your own ride. You’re on your own train, and your blessings are coming when they come. And your blessings might come in your 20s.
They might come in your 30s. They might come in your 40s. Mine started — — .
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