After A Certain Age

[After a certain age] Other than our own deaths, there is little we haven't experienced by now.

• We've known the turmoil of adolescence.
• We've felt the pride that accompanies career advancement and the disappointment over a missed promotion.
• Worry over the safety of our children and our parents is familiar.
• We've missed opportunities that would have changed our destiny and reaped rewards we hadn't expected.
• Life has been full; 

Our gift has been to grow confident and wise.
(Karen Casey, Keepers Of The Wisdom, 19 March) 19 March 2012