50 years to today I've been here. 600 months; 18,262 days. The big birthday that seems to get so much attention and causes anxiety and dread to some. Its here and now for me, no avoiding it any more. 50 is my new reality and theres nothing you can do though but to embrace it and live as if not a thing has really changed; which by all accounts is just yesterday +1. Do I feel any older? Maybe a little easier to fatigue than I did when I was 40 and a slight more achy in some places. Who isn't as they age though? Some of us show the signs of wear and life's hard path more than others. Aging well one might say, or, an absence of aging; a preservation of the transience of youth seen by others as some testament to good living; good choices and good fortune. Am I old now? Not in my mind I am. No, I'm as old or young today as I ever was or was not. Its the present that concerns me more so than the accumulation of all the past or the promise of the yet to be. I'm alive in the here and now and the same is true of all of us. We're all here regardless of the number of times we've ridden round the sun and come back again for one more time. 50 - its a good round number and one that fits me just right - for today!
L
πενήντα
quinquaginta
חמישים
пятьдесят
五十
cincuenta
vyftig
fünfzig
خمسون
viisikymmentä
cinquanta
cinquante
limampu
vijftig
ห้าสิบ
ötven
femtio
পঞ্চাশ
Fifty - a nice new me
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