Is it True that Life begins at Forty?

I think Men are the one who was intended in this assumption ...

but it is not a life begin , it is a new teen age period ..

the taste of life is diffirent at this age and sure for those who succeeded in their life it is getting more interesting to afford whatever you wish to have or do .

now I am 47 ... still feel that alot to be done and I will do if God preserved more life for me .

all you should have to do is keeping ur heart young then you will remain young ...

this remind me of the story where a man passed by a graveyard .. all the signs are showing the dead people aged very short .. 2 yrs , 3 yrs , maximum 10 yrs .. when he asked why they are diying young he was told that the age here is the time they lived in happiness .

keep ur self happy ...

good luck for all

hmmmm...never felt I was actually living uncomfortably or rather trying to live...have to relook at my definition of comfort....:)

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One life to live, live it to the fullest.

Very insightful, jpa. Perhaps 40 is when one can live comfortably without trying?

is different from "Trying to Live".

What pessimist said that life begins at 40?! I try to live life to the fullest every day - why would 40 be the magic number? It is, after all, just a number.

Fail to Try.......

its just a clichéd phrase..based on some assumptions in the yester years..this is not relevant during present times.

life is all about being happy and feeling satisfied with what you want to do or achieve here..

the same could come to you much earlier or much later in life..

nowadays, there are so many opportunities in the world to become successful, one doesnt need to toil for 20 years to get rich or climb up the corporate ladder..

on the other hand, with so much of anxiety and tension in the job, people tend to catch irreversible illnesses at about 40 which would deprive them of enjoying themselves the good things in life..

so guys, life begins when u start having a good time..

This is your life....upto yoU how you liked it to be mould it or divert in whatever direction U want it..

Remember to shoulder and be Responsible for yoUr actions and words...

It is already began.....;)

Hey, lets get back to the topic:"does life begins at forty?"

farooq, we're all living on borrowed time...

have a very memorable new year doham.

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hi doc. farooq, are you a physician..

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i donno why but maybe coz usually by dat time, we'r done with the major responsibilities like children, properties and stuff....lolz...but no one ever knows when we might die,..who can predict the future?how can even say that i'l live after 5 minutes for that matter?........

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JPA-your the man!!bwahahah..

"HIPOS DYAN!!!"

or nothing will discourage me in Life.

That is a very effective recipe of success..

Whereas jealosy creates a WALL....

meh

doham.

At least I am a man.

at peace with yourself.

That's the worst thing that could ever happen to oneself.

JPA-ok peace old man...bwahaha...

"HIPOS DYAN!!!"

JPA-by the way, JEALOUSY not JEALOSY(what's this?).

"HIPOS DYAN!!!"

JPA-don't apologize man.thanks for sharing.we're really looking forward for our day to come.i'm excited now.

"HIPOS DYAN!!!"

I am sharing my real life experience, hoping that other readers might learn from it and to have positive outlook in Life.

I apologize if you feel otherwise.

JPA-i'm just happy that i still have more years to wait for my life as you've said. And by that time i'll get back to you and tell you if I feel the same way as you do.

"HIPOS DYAN!!!"

"life begins at forty".. i hear this being said oftentimes to someone who had just hit the big 4-0 and he feels bad about it.. they try to cheer him up by telling him that life begins at 40.. that's all, nothing more nothing less.. :P

JPA-you don't need to open a forum topic just to brag your achievements in life...the truth is you're old already and just accept that fact!

"HIPOS DYAN!!!"

my professor told the class.

MOST OF YOU WILL HAVE 20 to 21 years to attain your goals and ambitions in Life.

And she said, I am giving all of you something to start with.

"NEVER FAIL TO TRY".

I failed a lot but I succeed more...

JPA

BSC major in BA

Class 84

UST

My psychology teacher explained that to us - Life begins at forty: She said men always say that, it's bcoz that's the time where they feel so insecure about themselves. It's like the menopausal stage on women. When they reached the age of forty, if they're married they try to be cool with women, try to have a relationship with women other than their wives so they could prove to themselves that they're still young...pardon to all the men with age 40 and above..i just shared what my teacher said...i don't know if this is really true..i hope not..

To put it in different words, quality of sex is better after forties, a t least from a woman's view point.

Are you nuts?......no doubt I am crazy about you!

one should not retire.....stupid management and labor laws retires you once we reach a certain age!

Life is beautiful indeed....One can work as consultant and advisor even after the retirement age provide special services for as less as 10 days in a month.

Can run a small scale business in free time

check here

http://www.101biztips.com/design.htm

night?

@jpa...I am blushing on ur banker comment.

people who abuse their health (alcohol, tobacco, drugs, gluttony) rarely reach the age of 40.

find any humour when people die.

then your professor should have a different humour for smokers and alcoholics.....

Aana free, jaana free,

Pakde gaye tho khana free.

Holy crap most people die at that age :-))

Aana free, jaana free,

Pakde gaye tho khana free.

Boston.

victory,

as what some blog you had posted, it's not nescessarily retirement from life but rather retirement from 'rat-race' daily grind and bustle.

a new chapter closes and another exciting one/s begins.

and then.... life begins anew.... at 40 ;)

My life has just begun.

Do this mean when 40, you're half way of a man's lifetime of 80? Today, life expectancy is 65, so would it be acceptable to say "LIFE BEGINS AT 32"?

No, I don't agree that real life begins at middle age. I believe, once a person realizes responsibility and starts acting upon his plans as early as 20's, that's real life. When there's an opportunity, why wait til 40? I rather believe "Early to start, early to retire."

Believe!

tess is admirable.

but i know many people, whose life began at forty

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attainments and accomplishments wise?...yes, i can say life begins at 40...and to love life in general...

"there are no mistakes...just lessons learned"

Source:

- A study Conducted by FriedUnicorn - Vol I (September,1999)

for having a strong personality.

I hate the word "retirement"...

I may stop doing a full-time job, but I wouldn't call myself a "retiree". I'd keep TCBing, perhaps a little more traveling...

Now for the real issue: I haven't "lost" any hair, it went away by itself.

I guess you are a bank executive.

will tell how far I have reached.....my wife confirmed what happy said and concur!

Infact it is all mindset, when and what you feel and depend on self realisation.....

This quote seems to be getting old as NEW generation doesn't feel the same way......They like to enjoy the life as its begin...............Who cares attittude!

So have fun and don't wait to become FORTY!

Banks are there to support you and your Dreams!

again Phoenix_Rising for sharing your knowledge.

You can't teach experience...

I'll ask my dad for you :0))

Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.

prabhakar

hi friends, its for the name sake < life begins at forty>

This notion is to cheer up ourselves and need to boost the confidence to live.

There is one more thing men becomes naughty at 40 ,but viceversa can also be true?

i need my friends opinion on this comment.

have a nice day

Very well said Happy, not the naughty part :). Life, it all depends on many factors.

My life had begun long long back and 40 yet to come.

FS...I just said what I am experiencing...lol..

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One life to live, live it to the fullest.

I also believe on that!!!!

When am 40 I will let you know, I thought am living every moment of my life...

Bleu are you not too young to think about retirement? lol

Happy...is that all you know?? loool

Thank you and Best wishes

The only thing that rings when its time to discuss forty years in a mans life is that...."men get naughty when they are forty"...rest is all misnomer and depends on circumstances one is in...

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One life to live, live it to the fullest.

Oooops.. my hicups. must have overdone that pre-new year boooze rehearsal

"The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari",

by Robin S. Sharma.

You can check with Svelti_saggi, i think she has plenty of e-books collections.

Advance Happy New Year too ;)

Cheers!!

Advance Happy New Year.

Who is the author?

Thanks again.

Cheers on New Year's eve.

jpa,

suggest to read also "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari",

a very nice one.

cheers!!

have a shortage of humour. Stone Cold.

Good Morning and have a nice day.

The phrase is normally associated with sexs life where everything hardens and juice are bountiful at this age.

I want to add that whatever success or materials things a person has achieved, comes from his or her Creator.

" In everything you do, put GOD first and HE will guide you and reward your efforts with SUCCESS".

Phoenix_Rising. I'll search for that book.

Blue,

"Retirement seems boring... Any ideas about what to do??"

i dare say not. think about your passion/s when you were a child and rekindle it, bring it back to life.

every passing day is full of excitement, blooming lushly of inspiring thoughts... never was a boring moment.

i found reading, gardening and now re-learning guitar as a passion to boot. and i never run out of ideas and things to do yet.... they simply keeps on coming once the well of attunement to lifes' wonders gets streaming on line.

cheers!!!

'm semi retired now at 38, life begins at full retirement... i guess.

well, 2 more years to confirm that :)

read the book, "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill, and you'll find reinforcements to your thread.

"The Mystery of Sex Transmutation"

cheers!!

No it's not true.

nah.. life begins at 76... wait till then, and start to live..

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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small compared to what lies within us."

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Now it is Um Said and Um Said.

Thanks

well life is too short to wait until 40....why waste time to see things unfold..

we live in the here, now make the most out of it.

does life begins at forty?

It's a total lie..

Life is what you make it.. I know many fourty year olds who are miserable as hell..

but not from good life.

I remember my friend telling me when he retired. Jpa,

from now on I'll stop being a rooster. For thirty years, I am waking up at 5:00am the same as the rooster.

Tik ti la ooookkk.

Now and for the rest of my life he said. I'll wake up at my own convenience.

Life begins at 40 for those who are at 40.

Retirement seems boring... Any ideas about what to do??

yes if you dont have diabet and bloodpressure!!!!!!!

ow sorry jpa.

commonly we thought life is when we are having wealth, health and other things. we measure our success or the beauty of our life when we are succeeding into our chosen career.

when you reach 40 and above, many things will change. you will look life differently. from your view of health,wealth, success and others.

paradigm shift will take place. that is basically my basis of life begins at forty.

if this is still confusing to you, wait till you reach 40. lol

progress

Good question..

I think every age has its beauty but our problems sometimes is that we realise the beauty of a certain age once it is gone!

Back to 40...I think it is true that 40 is the best if and only if you have been sucessful in the past 40 years whatever that success may mean to you..

Again, Good Question!

Progress.

But I can't follow your point.

Sometimes you are going to Umm Said, sometimes you are going to Ras Laffan.

Glad to be your buddy.

jpa,

your teacher missed the real essence of saying life begins at 40.

commonly, at 40 illnesses started to appear. this is the year where you will realize if you took care of your health well during your younger days.

this is the time of your life where you can check and realize who your real friends are.

this is the year of life where you can say if the business or your chosen career is really worth keeping.

this is the time of your life where you are trying to look back and decide to stop or continue whatever you think is best.

career,family, dream came true, premium bank accounts, those are just part of life, but those are not life itself.

yes, life indeed starts at forty.

progress

most men generally come out of their mid life crises at age of 40...this is quite plausible reason

and does not have anything at all.

(Good family life, successful career, modest home, enough savings, trusted friends)

then life has'nt started yet for him/her.

Good suggestion jpa :)

thanks

...listen to the sound of silence....

Bleu I just meant that we should enjoy everyday. No miraculous change comes when you are 40.

look back Marie.

And pray more.

Surely, you are the author.

I love this poem and I send it to all my friends who keep chasing success.........

The Success…..

To laugh often and love much;

To win the respect of intelligent persons

and the affection of children;

To earn the approval of honest critics

and endure the betrayal of false friends;

To appreciate beauty;

To find the best in others;

To give off one’s self without the

slightest thought of return;

To have accomplished a task, whether

by a healthy child, a rescued soul, a

garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;

To have played and laughed with

enthusiasm and sung with exaltation;

To know that even one life has breathed

easier because you have lived;

This is to have succeeded.

---- Anonymous

Are you nuts?......no doubt I am crazy about you!

Who has seen the future?? Y to wait till one attends the age of 40??? One shld enjoy each n every moment of life..LIFE IS PRECIOUS even today and even when someone attends 40 or grow more old..But its true to some extent..I have seen the cases where men n women find themselves almost settled by that age..They have money, kids, even own house, vehicle and what not by that age..So its a old phrase by our ancestors that the life gets calm n settled by 40...Personally, i won't go with this thought..I believe in living every second of my life..

I Still have time then.... thought i was running out of it

...listen to the sound of silence....

Bleu, my sister retired at the age of forty seven and presently enjoying life.

I plan to retire before the age of 50 and start to enjoy what I have achieved.

speak about your success in life Sun26872.

Your level of knowledge and experience of real life is surely enviable.

whyteknight, I'd like to hear your opinion when you reach the age of 50...

i dont need to wait for forty and start my life...i don't even know if im still alive at forty...:)

no life doesn't begin when you are conceived..........life begins when you know how to live and start living it.........it is that moment of life which tells you 'your life is not only about you, your existence is a just a small chapter of your complete story. You live when you understand the relevance of your existence in your own story.........strange,but give it a thought. You are the result of what happened before you and what you do will affect the future to come...........we don't live until we understand our role in this bigger show.

Also.........save our environment.........save mother earth.

Are you nuts?......no doubt I am crazy about you!

Thank you and Best wishes

well i have a couple years still left, but i reckon its true, its the time where you really are at peace with yourself, and dont really give a crap about other peoples opinions of what they think of you, its the time to start really pleasing yourself, and do what you want to do, not what others expect you to do.

my life has already begun, and im not even 40 yet.. :P

it is correct in my conclusion Why? because this age..this the time of enjoying and recreation of all your hardworks in life...

"ALWAYS stretch ur HEART & Expand your LOVE so that it TOUCHES not only those whom you GIVE it to, but also those who NEED it so MUCH"

yes....it is true......life becomes more peaceful........you know what will you be doing rest of your life in general.......nearing the end of a journey

Are you nuts?......no doubt I am crazy about you!

It is a thought by which old people humour themselves. Life begins the moment you are concieved.