I Broke the Cage to Dream Again
I turned forty this past March and to be honest I think the shift from a three to a four in that tens place really threw me for a loop mentally, emotionally, and physically. The emotional and mental turmoil started kicking in about six months before I turned forty. I kept thinking "Wow, I feel like I'm approaching the half way point of my life!" Seriously, I felt as if when I turned forty one foot was already in the grave and I'm over here teetering while life is threating to give me a push. At one point last summer I looked at my father and asked "Who should I be when I grow up and what should I do with second half of my life?". Naturally, he laughed and said "whoever you want to be and whatever you can dream up". That's when I figured out why I was struggling with this halfway point of my life- I had quit dreaming and believing that I could be whoever I want to be and accomplish anything I dream up in life. In the past forty years I have ove...