First i read this: Since we're hovering around the topic of being 30, did anyone else experience the major BLAHS when they passed three decades??? I had heard it said that 30 was a milestone but I didn't think I'd really feel like I walked barefoot of miles of STONE! And was prepared to post about how turning 30 was completely uneventful (21 was much worse).Then I read colin's wonderful post about turning 40: I am 42. Turning 40 was BRILLIANT! I never want to go back. I don't feel 42. i feel 16. I still find astonishing that some people I know my age have grown up children. i still look upon other adults as 'grown ups'. My 40's are fantastic. Whoever it was that said youth is wasted on the young was right. I don't fancy getting wrinkled and infirm but absoilutely no way would I want to be young again. Unless I could knock off twenty physical years but stay as I am now both mentally and spirtiually. Good things about my 40's:. Liking and accepting myself as I am not what others think I ought to be,, not giving a damn whether others like me or not, less horny, doing as I please instead of doing to please, wearing what makes me feel comfortable, speaking my mind instead of what I think you want to hear, having opinions of my own, having no family, having a God of my own understanding not someone else's, just being. That's EXACTLY how I feel about life as a 30 something. The 30's have been so much better than the 20's that there is no comparison. I love that part of his post where he talks about other adults being 'grown ups'. I do that all the time! I feel like a big kid and love it! Youth is so overrated. It makes me laugh. I am so much happier, self-assured, and at peace with myself and the world now than I ever have been. And people I know who are in their 50's tell me that the 40's are better than the 30's. Can't wait! I look back on my 20's (and my teenage years) with fond rememberance, few regrets, and no longing for what was. And absolutely no desire to do it over. Life was great at the time, but it's much better now. Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
