Treasure Chest
A New Decade
January 2009
The time has finally come. I have been looking forward to this moment with both curiosity and reluctance. I am not sure how I should feel. Should I feel a sense of dread or excitement? Either way I knew I would have to face the truth of what was to come; my 40th birthday.
I must admit that I have been feeling a sense of urgency that I did not feel last year at this time. I feel the need to get things accomplished, to experience new adventures and to take advantage of the opportunities that are presented to me. I want to be able to say that my life was worthwhile.
It may sound like a cliche but it seems as if only yesterday I was 19 years old. I had the whole world ahead of me. Time was on my side. Now all I can say is where did the time go. But it is all good because with age comes wisdom.
So now all I want to do is make up for lost time. I want to take life by the horns and see where it takes me instead of playing it safe. I want to go places I have never been and take chances I have never taken.
Forty years from now I want to be able to look back over my life and have no regrets. I want to say that I did all there was to do and that I left no adventure unconquered. I do not want to just exist; I want to live life to its fullest. And live I shall do!
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