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When was the last time you went on a midlife field trip? Six hours before meeting Flash, the Florida surf-shop post mid-lifer, our Cub Scout Pack toured the Castillo De San Marcos National Monument. This Fort never lost a battle. Perhaps is was passion…
There was some serious passion at stake here:
As you go through your midlife crisis, or midlife celebration, expect to be surprised. And expect to be the captain of your own ship, or die trying.
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Was being helped the other day by someone who knows what I do (The Blog Whisperer) and she told me she finally gets it.
She shared that her Dad (71) was just diagnosed with cancer.
No warning signs.
Obviously, everyone hopes his cancer can be beaten, but this early in the game, no one can say for sure.
Suddenly, Living, before you die, takes on a whole new, and precious meaning.
Live, before you die. Now do you get it?
(Lane 8 blog)
“Every Man is guilty of all the good he didn’t do”. — Voltaire
This thought almost has me speechless. Seriously. Wow.
This is a profoundly simple, yet simply profound statement. Why?
It signifies, perhaps, one of the original seeds of mid life crisis. We get to mid life and question, “What the heck happened to all my plans to do great things”?
If we are strong enough and focused enough, to have the will to turn our mid life crisis into a mid life celebration, we can realize a second chance in life. It’s up to each one of us. And yes, it will NOT be easy, but it will be worth celebrating. Big time!
Mid Life Celebration Einstein. Huh? Exactly. Confusing isn’t it? Here’s what I mean by mid life celebration, Einstein.
“The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them”. — Albert Einstein
Listen, everyone recognizes Einstein as a genius. We ought to seriously consider his insight here.
And I think Mid Life adults have the most potential to embrace this and make creative choices, and take creative action, to reverse the mid life crisis and let it morph into a mid life celebration. Ya with me?
Psssst. Shhhhhh. (whispering) Here’s a little secret between you and me. Most mid life adults will miss virtually every opportunity to hear messages just like this one. And their mid life crisis never gets to be their mid life celebration. Bummer.
“Identify your highest skill and devote your time to performing it. Delegate all other skills”. — Ronald Brown
Mid life adults get to mid life for a variety of reasons, including luck, passion, focus, discipline, etc. What we do once we get to mid life is a different game though.
How?
Why?
Many reasons to be sure. Well, at least if we pay attention. Many people at mid life have the proverbial Mid Life Crisis, lasting from a few hours, a few months, and even a few years.
One of the mid life tips to consider is to do what Ronald Brown suggests. Only one challenge with that though?
Most have no idea what their highest skill is. None. Crisis? What crisis?