Today, I turned forty years old. It feels a bit strange. I feel as if I were on a ship that's in uncharted waters. Where I go is a mystery. In many ways, where I come from is a mystery. In fact, I think life is just a great mystery adventure. They do not know where you came from and have no idea where you get off at the end. You are currently here – for now.
I hope that the childhood rhyme about life as a dream come true. At least there is something to seeto wake up next:. Forest Gump The fans are going to think about it, chocolate right now.
I'm not saying that life is bad for me. On the contrary, although I live in relative poverty when millions of millionaires out there than I still live in a better situation than the majority of people on planet earth. There is much to thank for give. I'm certainly not complaining.
However, I feel compelled to a little critical about things. First and foremost I would like to avoidto go through life with the proverbial "rose colored glasses".
Let's be real about life. It is drawn too. We wake up in the morning, and we have to eat. If we do, we will not feel good and if we do not eat for too long, we will not make it to our next birthday. For me would be the forty book. Maybe I've already covered that one? I hope I'm not old?
According to psychology, is forty years old intellectual maturity. We can hope, of course!
Life is different, although I stillIn my thirties yesterday. Meditation was different this morning. I realized, while the meditation is that all my moods and state of mind of a temporary nature. You probably think I should have realized something a long time ago. Maybe there is something that the intellectual maturity, which after all. Maybe not.
I was invincible until the age of seven, then I realized I was indeed in a mortal body, even if my mind is immortal. I can die. So I had that underalready.
In fact, death is not so bad. If you have any doubts about the near-Death.com to run and read some of these stories. It sounds pretty good most of the time. Yes, there are a few stories about the "bad place" there. But most people seem to have a pleasant experience. Perhaps the odds are in my favor?
I think if we are to take the other side of forty, you are obliged to think about these things. You need to think about your mortality, and will get rid of your letter andForty records and clothing. You should buy a bigger house, because after forty, well, your metabolism slows down and you will be a bigger person. So you have more space for your larger house existence.
And if you live in America, you actually think about getting married if you have never been before. Americans often stay single longer than other countries. It is because we are a little less practical than our foreign contemporaries. Time to think about marriage, because, let's faceit, I'm not getting any younger. Fortunately, I met a nice girl from Germany, while I was still in my thirties. I have not forty plus join dating sites. Lucky there.
I think there are some other good things. I am a man and men tend to appear more different than they are old. So, I have found in my favor. Seeking women more attractive now, does not it?
Oh, I think insurance premiums go even further if you are forty.
If you are over forty, you may contactmore. People tend to forgive more. I remember my friend story about his grandfather, who backed out of a parking lot and hit another car. He paused a moment, leaning out the window and said to the bystanders: "It's all right, I'm OK." Then drive off he went. There were no consequences for him.
Come to think of it, I drove straight through a red light in the morning, and nobody said a word. So you see, the better life after forty.
I am setting my sightsfifty now. I have ten years of hard work in front of me, whether I do it.
After forty, almost everyone has a pair of glasses. I have to take now, the pink colored ones, please. Let me put them on. Ah, yes. Life certainly looks better!
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