From The Cradle to The Grave: A Journey Into The Forties
by Life is a race from the cradle to the grave with many pit stops in between.We learn lessons the hard and easy way and some sticks.The forties is where I am at,thought this would be fun to write.
We are now free to travel and time is on our side.A new peace of mind comes along with this group also.If they are a writer, a whole new world opens up and we now have a new creative side that is born out of all we have seen and done.Granted, mistakes are still made but we tend to think things through before doing them.Some of the lesson learned to get to the forties was harsh and brutal, but was well worth it once they were learned.Life for some are mellow and peaceful ,life in the fast lane is nothing but a memory. I didn’t say there was anything wrong with life the fast lane if you like that sort of thing, but some of us in our forties has already been there and don’t want to do again if it can be helped.
We cant always run race like we used to and not feel no pain. But a jog in the park or a romantic walk with your spouse is just as satisfying as well as healthy to. We have paid our dues and now its time to collect the benefits from all of our years of life, living and the love we gave to those we cared about. The young people think they have life and love figured out, are they in for a shock when they get to this magical age in their life. They will figure out that they did not have a clue what life and love was about, but it gets a whole lot better as you mature and learn one lesson after another on their journey from the cradle to the grave. If you do it right, it will an experience that you never ever forget.
Life isn’t about who runs fastest in the race.All you are going to do is wear your self out trying to be the hare running against the turtle. What really counts is who reaches the finish line first and did you do the best you could to win it? In closing,your forties is not an end of life as you knew it but a new beginning. The chance to do everything you couldn’t as a younger person.Enjoy them while you can, for they go by so fast then you learn a whole new set of things in the fifties.Don’t think of it as getting older if it can be helped,look at it as getting better and going from there.After all, do you really want to go back in time and redo your youth and all the mistakes you made in it? Having to relearn all the valuable lessons you already learned and wasn’t always easy to learn? I for one wouldn’t relive my past years , youth or thirties for all the tea in china or chocolate in the world. Fifty is but a few years away for me and I have to admit I am looking forward to seeing what it brings for me then.
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Post CommentJenny Heart
On August 3, 2009 at 8:51 am
Well written. Your writing is blossoming. Like it!
Christine Ramsay
On August 3, 2009 at 9:19 am
An enjoyable piece Payge. I am at the happiest time in my life my sixties. I have far fewer responsibilities and I can do what I like when I like without having to worry about children.
Christine
Tim P Stavert
On August 3, 2009 at 9:58 am
Smashing Article Roxanne! I has rolled the clock back for me now that I am still in my Mid-fifties (56) to be precise. One word of warning, you never stop learning! One thing is that unless you invested in your twenties like my father advised me when he was into his fifties, you will not have an early retirement and it is around your forties these days that you need to target. You never know what our crooked MP’ or congressmen in your case may have up their sleeve. You could lose your job in many ways and end up on the scrap heap because you are too old. But for anyone reading this, there will be openings if you keep trying but ht echance of the mainstream professional jobs could be difficult.
Best wishes and well written
Tim
papaleng
On August 3, 2009 at 2:10 pm
such a well polished article. you are getting better each article.
George W Whitehead
On August 3, 2009 at 4:16 pm
This is an excellently executed article Payge, well done!
clafleur
On August 4, 2009 at 1:49 am
You are not suppose to get old, your suppose to be better. good write, it kind of made me do an inventory of my life.
STEVE666
On August 4, 2009 at 9:00 am
Great write, Roxanne.
Concerning age, the people that annoy me are the ones who say, if I could live my life again, I wouldn\’t change a thing.
How unimaginative! I\’d change everything, just for the hell of it.
Bo Russo
On August 8, 2009 at 11:52 am
I’m right behind you Payge,45 in November,I enjoyed this.
novelist
On August 20, 2009 at 4:41 pm
I love your article, the philosophy and the message it conveys. It’s deep and factual. Keep it up! Please let me be your friend. We are sailing on the same boat.
Novelist