There is no magic switch that suddenly gets flipped at the age of 50. Except perhaps when you hear your Doctor say: “Now that you are 50 we need to begin…”
Or perhaps when you realize that you have to start checking a different box when presented options for ‘Age Range.’
But you don’t suddenly find that your bones are creaking, and your joints are now refusing to glide freely as they once did. You don’t suddenly find that your ‘get up and go has got up and left’ and you can no longer will yourself to do the things you are accustomed to doing.
You don’t suddenly find that all the hair on your head suddenly turns grey; or find hair suddenly growing from parts of your body you never knew had hair. Neither does it mean that all of a sudden, missed opportunities have been lost – permanently.
So many things can be accomplished after 50! Perhaps you want to start a business all your life but you suddenly find the motivation to do so. Or perhaps to learn a new skill; or to start a Blog, or publish your first book. Or to learn to ride a bicycle; or learn to swim, or any of many other things you have always dreamt of doing. You can still choose to take on whatever challenges you want to take on – just as always.
After all 50 does not mean ‘expired!’ On the contrary, 50 is still the age of possibilities! Yes – 50 is the age of DARING GREATLY! I still believe that even at 50, the possibilities are endless. So I eagerly look forward to all that this phase of my life entails. You will probably hear more about that as time goes by.
“You have the power to choose the kind of life you want to have – even after 50!”
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6 replies on “50: The Age Of…”
Hahaha, okay I’m not in the fifties yet, but I have ‘upgraded’ my age range several times, and there is a certain ‘oh no’ that comes along with that. But it can also be a ‘let’s rock this’ too. Depends on how I’m feeling any particular day. Anyway, thanks for this post![
Hello Stuart! My pleasure! Aside from thinking (when we are younger )how ‘old’ a 50 year old must be, we sometimes don’t even give much thought to that time of our lives. But certainly we won’t know what it will be like for us until we get there! Lots to learn 😀
Its amazing how our perspective on an age changes, as we age. I cant even imagine 50 as old, but ask me that when I was 20 and I am sure I would have had a lot of opinions.
Oh how perspectives change indeed!! I’m thinking – what’s different now than when I was 30, or 40? But alas the mileage is being accumulated!
I really love your vulnerability in this piece Niel, and I especially like the part about “hair growing from parts of your body you didnt know had hair”. That cracked me up as well as reminds me that getting older brings a lot of wisdom. A good trade off.
Haha I was shocked! The things you don’t know until they happen!