I was just finishing a post about my pending birthday, exploring whether life could still be all that I had hoped. (I know, Boo Hoo). I saved the draft, then fumbled some keys, only to see the entire post disappear. All that I had thought about and written was deleted in a couple of misplaced key strokes. Good riddance.
Maybe it was the Universe telling me that my post was worthless. I've heard that "everything happens for a reason." Who hasn't? The message I take from that spontaneous deletion is that worrying about what you hope will happen is worth far less than making something happen.
A guy my age (45) ought to live to his mid 80s. That being the case, I will essentially relive my life over again. But this time with a head start! No more bellyaching about my age, that's for sure. The age is an asset.
You know how people say, when they are talking about their youth, "If I'd have known then what I know now, I'd have...?" By one's mid forties, they do know what they wished they'd have known when they were younger. With that perspective it makes sense to take action to make your life all that it could have been had you been so aware twenty years ago.
What a revelation! At that age adults are blessed with wisdom, education, some net worth and connections. All that we wished we had when we were in our 20s. There is no reason why a wise forty-something can't navigate their future to great success. Colonel Sanders didn't start franchising his restaurants until he was in his 60s. I have time.
Maybe if we look at our mid 40s as half time, we can regroup, touch up the plan, and make it a great second half. That's what I'm going to do. I hope you do too.
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