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Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
Mid Life Dog Days?
“You may drive a dog off the King’s chair, and it will climb into the preacher’s pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed”. — Jean De La Bruyere
With Summer nearly here, and a mid life crisis happening right now, or sometime soon, wouldn’t it be nice to have the audacity of a dog?
Carpe diem my audacious mid life companions. jeff noel 🙂
Mid Life Observations?
Yes.
“You can observe a lot by watching”. — Yogi Berra
Profoundly simple and simply profound, are the keys to success in life, particularly at mid life.
Today, I’m going to try to not be so busy that I can’t appreciate the little things. Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
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Hatred at Mid Life?
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not”. — Andre Gide
I believe this mid life quote to be true, but struggle sometimes to make it real.
Why?
Because it takes courage. Having courage can make you unpopular and lonely.
Who wants that at mid life?
Yet courage, really, is one of the few things in mid-life that makes us whole.
Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
Anger at Mid Life?
Probably.
There’s a lot we have to be angry about at mid life.
Yet, may I humbly submit this midlife quote for your consideration?
“Anyone who angers you, conquers you”. — Sister Kenny
Sometimes, it takes every fiber in my body and soul not to get angry. And like other lessons I’ve learned through 50 years of life, staying focused and disciplined is always better and more productive than not.
Good luck. Stay with it. Don’t give up. Forgive yourself and keep trying.
There’s a Chinese proverb that says something to this effect:
“Fall down seven times, get up eight”.
Make it a GREAT day. Carpe diem. jeff noel 🙂
Mid Life Sunday. Ain’t it great to be alive. I know I said that yesterday, but how can I not say it again?
Seriously! It ought to be said every single day. And if you’re a mid-life Grandparent, how lucky are you?
If our son waits as long as we did to have children, we’ll be 84. No male on my Dad’s side has made it past 60.
I live everyday as a Parent, of course. And, what I decided after our son was born, was to also live everyday as a Grandparent.
Why?
Because I may never get the official privilege. Seriously. Ya with me?
Grandparents enter a stage in life, a season if you will, where withdrawing from life’s responsibilities and putting up their feet, almost seems like a rite of passage. A final gift to take it easy, before they die.
Theoretically, retirees have more time and more money to invest in whatever they want to.
What if they invested it on the less fortunate, the needy, the overlooked, the sick, the weak?
Or at the very least, their Grandchildren.
It’s such a privilege to get older. Tomorrow, when many observe our national holiday, Memorial Day, we might pause for a few moments of silence and thank those who never made it to old age, because they made the ultimate sacrifice, so we could.
Make it a GREAT day! jeff noel 🙂