Things To Do When You’re Above 40
Posted by
eli
on 8/11/10• Categorized as Everyday Living
My blogpal Charice from London sent me this “Ten Commandments of over 40 years old”. I searched the web for the author of this wonderful article, but I could not find who originally wrote it. 
Since the article is full of nonsensical advice, I am posting it here to share to you, my readers. After all, as the saying goes, Life begins at 40.
1. Focus on enjoying people, not on indulging in or accumulating material things.
2. Plan to spend whatever you have saved.
You deserve to enjoy it and the few healthy years you have left. Travel if you can afford it. Don’t leave anything for your children or loved ones to quarrel about. By leaving anything, you may even cause more trouble when you are gone.
3. Live in the here and now, not in the yesterdays and tomorrows. It is only today that you can handle. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow may not even happen.
4. Enjoy your grandchildren (if you are blessed with any) but don’t be their full time baby sitter.
You have no moral obligation to take care of them. Don’t have any guilt about refusing to baby sit anyone’s kids, including your own grand kids.
Your parental obligation is to your children. After you have raised them into responsible adults, your duties of child-rearing and babysitting are finished. Let your children raise their own off-springs.
5. Accept physical weakness, sickness and other physical pains. It is a part of the aging process . Enjoy whatever your health can allow.
6. Enjoy what you are and what you have right now. Stop working hard for what you do not have. If you do not have them, it’s probably too late.
7. Just enjoy your life with your spouse, children, grandchildren and friends. People, who truly love you, love you for yourself, not for what you have. Anyone who loves you for what you have will just give you misery.
8. Forgive and accept forgiveness. Forgive yourself and others. Enjoy peace of mind and peace of soul.
9. Befriend death. It’s a natural part of the life cycle. Don’t be afraid of it. Death is the beginning of a new and better life. So, prepare yourself not for death but for a new life with the Almighty.
10. Be at peace with your Creator …For… He is all you have after you leave this lif
I can accept death as part of the natural life cycle but befriending it is a bit too much.
With a life expectancy of 78 years here in America, at 40 your life just past the half-way point. Now is your life half empty or half full?
Very nice article, it got me to think especially #2.
interesting tips. i do find some of them are quite applicable
thanks.
Some of them sound more appropriate to aged 70+. I have no intention of accepting physical weakness or sickness without a fight at any age.
Although I am not 40 yet I will keep this in mind. Although I agree with Laura that the befriend death is a little bit too much.
Yeah, these sound like they’re more suited to someone who’s 65 or more, not 40!
Absolutely words to live by…why wait until one turns 40 to appreciate what is in the end of the day simply common sense.
Thank you for sharing~
Wow. Really?? Stop working for what you want but don’t have? At 40? Because if you haven’t accomplished it by now you probably never will?
Thanks, but I think I’ll keep pursuing my dreams. And keep taking care of my health. And generally keep acting like I’m still alive.