Some Doors Are Closing & Others Are Opening

I kind of liked saying Goodbye 54 and almost continued it but decided not to.

Been an interesting birthday on multiple levels including my having achieved some recognition for doing something no one else had yet managed to do.

Going to be that guy that doesn’t provide details here but if you know me well enough and remember to ask I can tell you. That is not a hint to ask me because I would be direct about it.

I mention it now because if I read this post years down the road I’ll remember the day and the accomplishment. The main thing I appreciate is that it helped further build a brand in which I am seen as someone who doesn’t give up when things are complicated or hard.

I find a way and that’s worth something to me because I can share it with my kids as a life lesson.

Doors

Walking into 55 and beyond I can say some doors are closing & others are opening because it is my reality. Can’t say whether the doors that close are all good or all bad because some things can’t be known without experiencing them.

What I can say is some people let fear prevent them from experiences and that is a place I don’t want to find myself.

Experiences are what makes life interesting.

I can say that I am slightly older now than the Beach Boys were when they recorded Kokomo and that I can look at life as being about half or even three quarters done if I want to.

If I look from a more pessimistic and negative place whatever is left could in concept be harder because it is more likely to be the time of life in which health issues arrive.

Or I can say that it is the time of life in which I can really begin to live for me again because the kids are in a pretty good place.

I don’t have to worry about them not being able to take care of themselves. If I dropped dead tomorrow they would be sad but they wouldn’t be crippled. They’d pick themselves up and move forwards.

Death isn’t something I intend to experience soon or let catch me because I have too much I want to do.

Nor is this me saying I am going to cut the kids off and make them earn their own way either. They’ll always have my support and guidance as needed.

But it is true I don’t have to live in a particular place because of schools or opportunities unless I want to. I don’t have to do many things unless I choose to and that freedom is refreshing.

I am looking forward to seeing what this year brings because the changes have just begun and I excited to see where they lead.