Looking Forward to 50

Working with people of differing ages makes me appreciate where I am at right now as life takes me through its natural stages and gradual growth. My 20s were tumultuous and unfocused at times as I ran through life hitting walls, running again and hitting another wall, constantly adjusting to these huge growth spurts that seemingly had no rhyme or reason as it was mostly trial and error, go stop go. Now in my early 30s, I allow time to do its thing as I realize I don't have control over everything, I can push and pull when I can, but in the grand scheme of things, going with the flow is what gets me through the day now. I am more patient in letting life play out the way it is supposed to.

Talking with my somewhat older co-workers and friends, they use reason in their actions alongside their past experiences and the lessons learned, the little things don't matter anymore and they genuinely don't care what people think of them. They take their time in making decisions, they neither run away from nor run to anything, they stand tall and face challenges with the knowledge and life experience they have as their foundation, their reference, their strong backbone. They look at people of Generation XYZ who want to reach destinations through instant gratification constantly busy with nothing and not enjoying life in the day to day; they shake their heads, let us go to realize on our own that life doesn't work that way, try to teach us the finer things in life if only we'd stop and listen.

I'm here, fully present in my life stage, listening.