It seems like everyone I know right now is finally finding their path in life.  The career they've always dreamed of, the relationship they've longed for.

These are all people, including me, in our 40s, and in my case, late 40s.  Is that life's destiny? To try and fail for half our life and then after paying our dues, we're allowed to live a fulfilling live....even though it's now half over!

Does it take that long for our brain to develop to a maturity level where we know what we want? Or do we just get tired of living a life everyone tells us we should live and finally decide we're not going to take it anymore?  Do we not recognize our life is passing us by until it's already passed us by?

When you're pushing 50, it seems a certain courage grows within and that "I've got nothin' to lose" attitude takes over.  We take more chances, say "no" to more things that don't fit into our life's plan and sometimes it just takes getting out of our own way.