Yeah...a tough road to navigate, and no answers. Different ball of wax when you're young and newly married, or a new parent, or started that great career after university - those big milestone moments in earlier years. Looking at the potential changes brings promise and dreams and hopes. But when we hit "this" stage, sure, there's hope, there are still dreams, it's not like it's game over and there's nothing left to do but wait for it. But as we look ahead, we can't help but wonder about our bodies slowly breaking down, becoming diseased, facing suffering, death, senility - the many other issues that make this a challenging time.

I do my best not to think about those, and focus instead on how I feel a few decades younger than I am, and believing I have LOTS of time left (because i am well aware that there's very likely a whole lot less sand in the top half of my hourglass).

Thank you for a rather poignant read.