Turning 40 Sucks…Maybe by Brent

Posted on May 2, 2008 – 4:59 pm | Posted in » Gratitude |

Thanks for visiting Turning 40! If you're new here, please take a moment to share your experience of Turning 40 and subscribe to my RSS feed.

Are You Turning 40 and Looking for a Profound Life Change?

Have a great day!

Turned 40 today and spent most of the day in a funk. Typical behavior for me around birthday time every year. Taking stock and all that…what have I done? What successes can I point to? What have I learned? Who have I helped? I think normal questions at the half-life point (ah if I could only be Cesium, but then again, who wants to live that long?).

Well, the answer came at dinner.

There’s a 5 year old in my house that adores me, and an 18 year old that gave me a wise-ass card about getting old, and a wife that bought a singing card with one of my favorite artists and a special song about love. It’s all good.

So often, the answers lie right in front of us. Someday, I think that God will be more concerned with what I did in this little part of the world than anything else…

Read more from Brent’s blog The Monday Nut

Post a Comment

About

Turning 40 - It's All About the Journey is a collaborative work in progress focused on this major life event.

Is it coming up? Did you just turn? Was it a pivitol time for you? Did you sleep right through it? Was it everything you wanted it to be? Do you have what you want? How has it changed your outlook on life? Now What?!

This site invites you to share your experience of one of the most important turning points in your life so that you and others can teach and learn, inspire and be inspired, challenge and be challenged, and experience Turning 40 to the fullest.


FEATURED ARTICLE: Making the Most of Your Life After 40

Turning 40 and Looking for a Profound Life Change?


Read a Random Post

Want to subscribe?

 Subscribe in a reader |

Find entries :