THE IRON IS STILL HOT!

Before I get underway on this post I wish to give a shout out to Paris as I'm with you in heart, I love you France and mega-thanks for visiting this blog site! As you know, those of you who frequently stop in for a visit here, I'm 51 going on 52 years young, I don't know about you but being over 50 isn't what it used to be, to me over 50 is nowhere near old and it doesn't have to be. Times have changed, I mean look around, a lot of 50+ people these days are looking and feeling pretty damn good, and for a damn good reason, 50 isn't 50 anymore. There's something about turning 50, but it is also a critical juncture, you could see it from two perspectives, either you decide it's all downhill from here or you can decide to shift into overdrive, of course I've chosen the latter. One thing about me, I'm very resilient, if I get knocked down I'll get right back up, but it wasn't always this way, I've had to go through my fair share of darkness and defeat. Here I am now though, and while my overall attitude has leaned more towards optimism, I'm really confident as well as comfortable, with my newfound age, and every so often I'll engage and imbibe in those things I've always enjoyed in my youth, but it's those very things that keep my youth in check, as well as intact, ever heard the term ''I never want to grow up'' lately? During the past five years I've undergone a huge waking up phase, but it's only been these past seven months of lethargy and slumber that's taken a toll on my motivation, but the inner beast inside me is awakening from that slumber and ready to forge ahead and a new phase is about to be realized. Looking back a few years I've realized that the BIG changes I thought I wanted to make, no longer seem relevant to me anymore, I've discovered that I didn't want to change too much after all, there are some things about me I wouldn't trade for anything, I love who I am, right now, even at 51, there's no need for sudden drastic change, what's the fun in that? The goals and intentions I had five years ago just don't seem important as they were then, maybe they just weren't realistic I don't know, but I'm glad some of them didn't come true because maybe, just maybe, I either wasn't ready for them, or in my heart it really wasn't what I truly wanted. Sometimes amidst the change you want so badly you discover that you really didn't want to change a whole lot after all, you just wanted to be more happy, and in some law of attraction circles it is said you must make all these drastic changes to be successful, become a whole different person than who you already are, really, who made up those rules? Why can't we just be who we are now and let life take care of the rest?, is it really necessary to win a lottery? The answer to anyone's problems aren't unlimited wealth or untold riches, we all know that changes that big can do more harm than good, so why waste energy on wanting these things and worrying whether they happen or not? It's funny that at the beginning of all this conscious creation stuff I THOUGHT that if I had certain things happen in my life my problems would be solved once and for all, five years later I realize that I'd already had everything that I wanted in my physical reality the whole time, I was wanting this and that and ignoring the good stuff that I already had, lesson learned! After 50 now, this is what I've learned, get happy and appreciate what you already have and let life handle the rest, time is too precious especially after a half century, that's still not old!

Now that I'm over 50, I hope it's okay to throw some advice to anyone reaching or over 50, embrace the second half of life, and at the same time embrace your youth, like I said 50 isn't 50 anymore, lose the stress and get happy, have fun and don't be concerned with trying to make all these ''big'' changes, doing so will only cause more stress and age you faster defeating the whole purpose. Listen to music that you grew up with, the music that motivated you, charged you! Throw a party once in awhile to celebrate your newfound age, that young in body but wisdom in the heart age you've discovered, do what you love, not what you think you ''should'' be doing, and last but not least, when opportunity knocks and it will, trust me, strike while the iron is still hot, raising my glass of fine crafted beer... to 50!