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Happy Fiftieth
Age 50 is a turning point in human beings’ lives in which they revise previous decisions, and come up with new ones. Sometimes they feel as if they are the same person trapped in an older body. If you are 50 or above, write in any form about your experience of that age is like. Did turning 50 change you? Give you more growth? Or is it just an added number, and not much of what came before it has actually changed?
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GerardDiLeo
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50 is the New 49

At the age of 50, I felt I had just gotten off of a wild bucking bronco.

I didn't feel like I had to be a "player" anymore. I finally saw women as women and not as girls. I realized that goodness was its own reward. I ignored those who judge me for my past instead of my present. I saw the true spiritual beauty of children. I could no longer understand revenge or oneupmanship. I would no longer step on bugs just because they were bugs. I no longer told lies. I saw my marriage as the be-all and end-all of my life. I saw it as my life. I felt that happiness was otherwise elusive when pursued like a pot o'gold.

At the age of 50, I finally got it. Even better, I felt like I was 49. So, in truth, I was pretty much on schedule. I should arrive on time when I get there.

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