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Now That I'm Fifty Here's Seven Lessons I Wish I Had Learnt Before I Was Thirty
How many times have you said the words “If I only knew then what I know now?” Hindsight is always 20/20, right? How many of you are like me and come to that painful realization that the older I am the wiser I am becoming?
Several weeks ago we were sitting with friends having great conversation and something popped out of my mouth that really sounded weird….but then the more I thought about it… the more it made sense!
Here’s what I said, “Now that I’m in my fiftieth year, I’m ready to live my thirtieth year again.” I know that many of you reading this will understand exactly what I am saying!
Anyway, here’s the seven lessons that I now know that I wish I had known when I started living my third decade of life.
Lesson One: Make sure your ladder to success is leaning against the right wall.
Lesson Two: Debt is a destructive force when it gets out of control.
Lesson Three: Focus on making things better, not bigger.
Lesson Four: Being comfortable is not always the best thing. A life worth living involves prudent risk.
Lesson Five: A true friend is very hard to find and even harder to keep.
Lesson Six: If you are not pursuing your dream then you are pursuing someone elses.
Lesson Seven: Getting knocked down is a fact of life. It will happen. Getting up after being knocked down is a matter of choice.
There you have them. Seven lessons! Had I known them entering my thirties I would be an even wiser fifty year old.
Feel free to leave a comment on the lessons you’ve learnt in life.
Cheers
Eugene
Gypsophillia - 14 years ago
I think I had learned all those before I was born, aged forty
I am sure they were gathered through out past lives….
In my later years I have gained wisdom and I have no idea where it comes from..learnt lessons of time and experiences on the journey or did I just suddenly become more aware and intellectually /spiritually heightened>?