Life begins at forty or fifty?

In recent months I have been in conversation with people who have reached or are about to reach the age of 40 or 50, here's what I've been telling them of my experience's.

They used to say that "Life begins at 40!", but due to how much longer people are living, I think it should be revised to "Life begins at 50!" I would be the first to endorse this statement.

Although I really enjoyed my 40th birthday party, with my family and so many good friends there in attendance, technically I was only 39 on that Friday night, just over 11 years ago. :-)

It was on the Sunday after my parents had returned home to Bradford on a bleak and foggy November day, I felt like my life was over! That I was only here to aid my children as they grew up. However when I got to 50 I felt more alive than I ever had before! Don't despair, life is sweet at age 50 and beyond, I promise you!

What ever your age is today, you can decide to have a wonderful life from right now, this minute. You are the one that runs the thoughts in your head, you choose whether to feel happy or sad. You get to decide moment by moment how you feel. Maybe we should change the statement from "Life begins at forty!" not to "Life begins at 50!" but to "Life on your terms begins, when you decide to focus on living it your way!"

"Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you, that you're wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage." Ralph Waldo Emerson