tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post7961559106298245874..comments2024-03-28T12:35:42.918-07:00Comments on The Forty-Five: Middle Age MadnessToirdhealbheach Beucailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-52359447745455933742018-07-23T17:19:48.671-07:002018-07-23T17:19:48.671-07:00Thanks Pete. Maybe "reality" is a bette...Thanks Pete. Maybe "reality" is a better (and much more succinct) way of stating what I was trying to state. And that image of a divorce...totally borrowing it (with credit) the next time it comes up.<br /><br />I am certainly not for developing new interests at any age (although I think we can all agree that me on a motorcycle is a recipe for disaster). What I suppose I am speaking to is the totally abandonment of everything else that is going on for that one "fling" of "living" again (again, the affair is a very good word picture).<br /><br />One lamentable thing is that (at least in my perception) so much of the church is aimed at the young now. We are leaving out (effectively) a whole generation in pursuit of another. I cannot imagine that is a great thing.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-83780075741506246112018-07-23T11:34:52.398-07:002018-07-23T11:34:52.398-07:00I think a lot of "midlife crisis" is jus...I think a lot of "midlife crisis" is just coming to grips with the reality that we don't live forever, we won't have the energy at 40 that we did at 20, etc. Then the "I only get one shot at this" thinking starts settling in. Then the behavior follows.<br /><br />My dad had a midlife affair. It destroyed my family. For those of you thinking about doing this, DON'T, unless you don't give a rat's ass about what happens afterward. A divorce is like a split in a piece of wood. It has a starting point, but no end. Its effects are INTERGENERATIONAL!<br /><br />I did take up motorcycling in my late 40's; not to make me feel young again, but because I always wanted to, but didn't want to leave the family in a lurch if I was injured or killed. When I started riding, the kids were already past 18, and there was enough in the bank to support my wife. Heck; she ended up liking motorcycling as well!<br /><br />I'm definitely closer to dying than being born. Physically, and to some extent mentally, my best days are behind me. Spiritually though, I'm still in the game. Church covers this pretty well, TB; <br /><br />"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these. things shall be added unto you."<br />Matthew 6:33<br /><br />Unfortunately, where churches fall short, is in COACHING people through the aging process. My singing voice is fading. I can still testify though; that kind of thing. This is where the Church needs to improve...Peteforesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00702888855868877243noreply@blogger.com