It is never too late

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing" - Albert Einstein

I turned 37 in February. It was a bit of a shock to me. 37. I remember skydiving at 25...jumping out of that plane...embracing what the next 25 years would bring, soaring fourteen thousand feet above sea level. And now, a "fortnight" of years later, I am fully engaged in the American rat race, running after a four year old son and enduring a sassy seven year old daughter (in which my mom never fails to remind me the apple doesn't fall far from the tree).

37. I remember thinking at 25 that by 37, I'd have my masters degree under my belt, and be steadily working towards my PhD. I'd casually work part time consulting, simultaneously preparing my award winning thesis, enjoying my late thirties, amidst shuffling 2 or 3 perfectly behaved children between dance, soccer and play dates. Oh the life!

Well, I'll spare you the details of what 37 has actually become, but I will share this. I don't have my masters, and the only PhD I could possible work towards is one in the art of bribery of young children to just behave for five flipping minutes and eat what's on their plates!!

The point of this reflective moment? Well, honestly, I have been inspired. My drive, my spirit and my "inner fuel" has been ignited! Pshaw on you 37! Average life expectancy of an American woman...80.2 years(new results from the cdc website published 5/2011). It is never to late to live the life you desire for yourself.

Where you are at this very moment is a summation of ALL the choices you have made throughout your entire life. Whether they were great choices or bad choices, you made them and you are living them out. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Anonymous

Maybe a masters degree was more of my parent's dream then my own...and who needs an award winning thesis anyway? But regardless of where you are, or where you've been, or where you THINK you are going to end up, it is never to late to live out a dream that has, for whatever reason, remained dormant within you. "When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors." - William Shakespeare (Macbeth)