Jennifer Aniston Celebrates Her 55th Birthday with Montage Looking Back at Life Moments: 'Grateful'

Jennifer Aniston is showing gratitude for all the years that came before as she celebrates turning another year older.

In a touching Instagram post celebrating her 55th birthday, the Friends alum shared a video montage of heartfelt life moments, including some throwback childhood photos of herself to more recent clips of the star playing Jenga with loved ones.

"Grateful ❤️🙌🏼," Aniston captioned the video, before sharing the poem "The Layers"
by Stanley Kunitz.

"I have walked through many lives, some of them my own, and I am not who I was, though some principle of being abides, from which I struggle not to stray," a portion of the poem reads.

"When I look behind, as I am compelled to look before I can gather strength to proceed on my journey, I see the milestones dwindling toward the horizon and the slow fires trailing from the abandoned camp-sites, over which scavenger angels wheel on heavy wings," the poem continues.

Aniston soundtracked her celebratory clip with a popular audio "The Thing About Birthdays" from TikTok creator eviewhy, who paraphrased the short story “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros.

In the comments section, several famous friends and fans wished Aniston a happy birthday, including Michelle Pfeiffer, Florence Pugh, Gwyneth Paltrow and Sarah Hyland.

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"Happy happy birthday! What a beautiful video. Have a lovely day x," Pugh wrote.

"Could not love you more," Paltrow added. "Happy happy, you gorgeous human being!