Advice For The Young At Heart, Soon You Will Be Older

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Date: 25 February 2006 11:48:56

With the appending arrival of an acquintances 30th birthday, I thought it an opportune time to offer some advice or ageing. Being several years older than many others here I can speak from experience.

I didn't hit a crisis when I turned 30. Things went smoothly. Couldn't understand the fuss. At 31 it hit me. I had a month of falling apart. Regretting what I had, and hadn't done, with my life.

Then I realised that, no matter what, I had no control over the ageing process. The solution I arrived at was to seize every opportunity that came my way. To stop worrying about events I couldn't control. To remember that youth is carried with you throughout life; you just need to connect with it as often as possible.

Having told my wife of my choice of my next car, she has decided that I'm now having a mid-life crisis. Just 'cos a 41 year old guy wants a 2 seat sports car does not equal mid-life crisis. Was this the case then I would be looking for a younger, fitter, blonde dolly bird to parade around with.

I just choose to embrace life; to do what I want to make me happy. If it means buying a Mazda MX-5 or a Flat Screened Telly, then so be it. Visiting foreign parts, and not killing the residents, also helps. Choosing to hire a more expensive car to travel around in is a bonus.

Making time for family and friends is another good addition. Learnng that work is there to help you make your life better and not to consume it was a hard lesson. Yet, working hard also helps to get the money required to not only improve my life but also to help improve the lives of others.

As well as all this is the one thing that sustains me more than anything else. My faith has got stronger as time passes. My desire to do work for God is even more rewarding than everything else.

Even getting married has been a blessing.

Don't tell the wife, she'll just get big headed!!!

Thanks to Tears For Fears for today's title.