So today is my 50th birthday. Fifty. Holy shit! I’d certainly rather be 25 twice and I’m pretty sure that in my mind I’m infinitely 23…but here I am 50. So what has all this time here on earth taught me and how am I a better woman than I was at 23 or 25? If I had to break it down into just ten things, I’d have to go with the following insights.

  1. Life is a roller coaster   Be sure to fasten your seat belt and keep your hands in the cart at all times because as sure as there’s an up, there’s going to be a down. Don’t panic, hold on tight around the sharp curves and enjoy the ride. Everything always works out in the long run. 
  2. Choose your battles   Some things just aren’t worth the drain that they cause on your energy and time. It isn’t always important to be right. Respect that everyone is different with their own set of ideas and values. That is what makes each of us special and unique.
  3. Don’t worry about keeping up with the Jones    It doesn’t matter…In fact none of it matters. All the material things in the world won’t make you happy. Don’t compare yourself to others. Focus on your own inner happiness and you will in turn enjoy a happy life.
  4. Don’t forget to smile   Don’t let the challenges of life get you down. A smile and a positive attitude never cease to create magic even during difficult times. Remember, “You’re never fully dressed without a smile.”
  5. Count your blessings  Take time to be thankful for all of the things that we all take for granted so easily. Enough said.
  6. Follow your intuition  You innately know what to do, where to go next and how to handle whatever life throws at you. Take time to pray, meditate and connect with your sources energy. It will never steer you wrong.
  7. Live in the moment  You can’t change the past. Everything in life happens for a reason so you might as well chalk it up as a learning experience that played a key role in who you have become today. Don’t wish your life away thinking that you’ll be happy when…you finally achieve a goal or get to where you ultimately want to be. Living in the past or living for the future steals your experience in the right now. Learn to live in the now.
  8. Make time for yourself  Learn to be okay with being alone. Love yourself as you are and fuel your passions. Do what makes you happy and brings you inner peace and joy.
  9. Love and family are all that matters  When all is said and done, what it all really comes down to is love and family. Make love and family a priority in your life and you’ll live with no regrets. Everything else is secondary.
  10. Don’t ever lose your sense of humor   I don’t think I would have survived all that I’ve been through to date without a sense of humor. Having the ability to laugh, not only at yourself, but at all of the crazy thing that life brings is a true talent and a gift. Finding humor in the bleakest times can turn a difficult situation into a small bump in the road.

32 thoughts on “Ten Things It Took Me 50 Years To Figure Out…”

  2. I’m 52 but feel 25 mentally (not physically for sure!! ha!). Personally, I was thrilled to make it to 50 – an odd sense of accomplishment of the 1/2 century mark 🙂 …the older I get the more I realize how little I know and how much I have to learn from both young and old and keeping an open mind more than ever! Great post!

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  4. A year has passed,
    Time to renew.
    This is your day,
    To redefine you.

    Looking back,
    At the good, the bad.
    You’ll find much treasure;
    Worthy to be had.

    With every laugh, a memory;
    Every tear, a lesson
    Growth comes to us all;
    Every age and season.

    I wish you a Belated Blessed birthday.
    May joys eternally follow.
    I wish you the best day ever;
    And a better one tomorrow.

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  7. Happy Birthday. So young with dental problems. I had seven or right dental implants and countless filling, repeated fractures, but I hardly paid my dental friend., for there’s no more income after retirement.

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  9. Happy birthday! I really enjoyed this, I’m not at 50 but this is definitely valuable advice on my life journey. Number 6 really resonated with me.

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  16. Happy birthday,and thank you for your tips. I think the people too seriously live life.Without smile,without positive energy, burdened with irrelevant issues,but life is journey not destination. Thank you

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