50 ain't so bad....that's my line and I'm sticking to it

Here's some reflections on turning 50 (not all inclusive, but what I thought of today)

• Above all else....I have been blessed with wife and children way more than I deserve
• I don't know what I don't know…I didn't know everything I thought I knew at 40
• I have never regret time invested with wife and kids...never
• Between 40 and 30 I did not feel much different…between 45 and 50 I do.
• Life insurance up their bets against us men at 50 and higher.
• I spent too much time worrying about things that never happened....no more
• I didn't know as much as I thought I knew at 40....probably means the same thing at 50
• Sometimes I like being rebellious...in the end, it has just made me take the hard way
• Birthday cards for 50 year olds get more insulting...and funnier
• I have a lot of faith in the future because of so many great people I have met
• From 0-10, I had a lot of influence over my kids…from 11 on, I still do, but it is different
• I'm need to listen to wise counsel; I know too many who won't listen to anyone
• I have long since left my desire to keep up with the Jones'
• Three marathons in my 40's...I have more things up my sleeve
• I need to read more books
• The next 10 years will look dramatically different than the last
• Though I know trials will come, nothing will shake my faith