First let me say this blog was birthed from making jokes at the office about turning forty. Let's be honest though in every joke is a kernel of truth. So let's just get this out of the way, "I'm officially turning forty this month." Hence the jokes, I figured it would be easier if I lead the way.
However the more I think about it the more I realize that wild horses couldn't drive me back in time! This is me personally mind you:
- I would not want to endure the dating scene (ugh)
- start over raising teenagers (I wouldn't survive)
- deal with all the immature girlfriend stuff of college and your 20's
- I wouldn't want to hang with crowds that were wearing parachute and gaucho pants and feel compelled to join in
- I wouldn't want to wear jeans I couldn't breath in or shoes that looked killer and felt killer too!
- I couldn't go back and put another hole in the ozone layer with my personal arsenal of Aqua Net. (you know you have one too)
- I would not want to trade in Guitar Hero for Atari (maybe space invaders? Mmm?)
In our thirties we realize who our friends really are, start to really identify our values and come into our own. What am I saying? By the time your 40 you've learned a great many things. That's where my list of TOP 10 REASONS to EMBRACE TURNING 40!
- YOU'RE wiser, After decades of burning the candle at both ends- by saying yes to everyone, you have finally learned when to say 'no'
- A LOT has happened in your life which makes you a better person to sit next to, according to actress Jodie Foster. She said: "I think women are more interesting in their 40s. They've lived longer, they're more confident about their choices and they don't have to be hip and cool any more, which I think is a godsend--you make really bad choices when you are trying to be hip."
- THERE'S no need to join Facebook or Bebo - you know who your friends are already
- A woman over 40 will never wake you her husband in the middle of the night and ask, "What are you thinking?" (Oh Please)
- YOU lived through the Eighties the first time around, which means today you're wise enough to avoid hideous style revivals like luminous clothes, jump suits and leg warmers. (just for fun don't share this wisdom with your teenage daughter, this must be earned)
- You stop worrying about what people think and begin being true to yourself. (No more pleasing people that don't like you anyway) "At the age of 20, we don't care what the world thinks of us; at 30, we worry about what it is thinking of us; at 40, we discover that it wasn't thinking of us at all."
- Concerts-You have more concert choices than your kids Why? "The Reunion Tours!"
- It's now culturally official-Woman over forty are given the approval nod on the 1 piece bathing suit. Thank goodness! (To tell the truth I surrendered in my early thirties due to my body's betrayal)
- You realize age isn't a number but how you feel! "Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind it doesn't matter!"
- It's HIP to be 40! Julia Roberts was born on 10/28/1967, Nicole Kidman was born on 6/20/1967, Halle Berry was born on 8/14/1966, Celine Dion was born on /30/1968, Salma Hayek was born on 9/2/1968, J.K. Rowling was born on 7/31/1965, Shania Twain was born on 8/28/1965, Elizabeth Hurley was born on 6/10/1965, Cindy Crawford was born on 2/20/1966.
In biblical terms the numerical number 40 has significant meaning. Think of the 40 days and 40 nights of rain floods of Noah. It took the Israelites 40 years to enter the Promised Land, and Jesus spent 40 days in the desert. So, again I say embrace entering the Realm of 40, and remember....
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, beverage of choice in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming ~ "WOO HOO, what a ride!"Author Unknown
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