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My Fourth Quarter is Approaching
And it’s going to be the best one yet
Last week I had dinner with a friend who is turning 60 next month. My 60th birthday is a couple months after his.
I told him that I hope to have 20 more good years — I mean, 80 is a pretty good run, no? Of course, I could drop dead tomorrow, or live to be 102 — you just don’t know. But statistically, I will live to be at least 80. I’ll err on the side of caution here, and be happy with that round number — and hope for another 20 years.
So when I reach my birthday in December, I will have already lived for 60 years. If I hope to live 20 more, that will bring me to my fourth, and final, quarter. Happy Birthday!
Now I don’t know anything (or care) about sports, but I do understand that this final part of the game is often the most exciting. And I am going to do everything in my power to make mine the best and most fulfilling that it can possibly be. Yep, I am going to have a damn good final 2 decades, God willing.
I mean, here we are — as my friend and I discussed — old enough to know what we like, know what we want, and we have the means to do it. So it’s really the best time of our lives, or it certainly has the potential to be.
