Crossroads

I think we all come to this point in our lives, the place where we stand still, gazing around, wondering what comes next. I just turned 55, and I find myself in that place, in a nexus, with paths radiating out from me in all directions. And I haven't figured out in which direction I should move.

It's a puzzle to me right now. I know more what I don't want to do than what I actually do want. I go through my daily routine thinking that there has to be something more, and the days slip by...

When you reach my age, you start to come to an understanding of the finite-ness of your life, and begin to question its very meaning. According to all the sages of the past, this is a common step on our journey, yet it is very uncomfortable after years of walking familiar roads.

Here I am at the crossroads, standing still, unable to move as yet, my feet unwilling and confused...

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Permalink Reply by Minstrel_Davyn on April 18, 2009 at 10:46am: I am at the same crossroads. I turned 55 on Ostara. It is a plateau that we have reached and now the climb gets a little harder. We learn, we grow, it's that simple. As for me, my Lady and I are fixing our home to our liking and reveling in our magickal garden. She works on her art and I play my music. That is our life. Yes, we both still work but our creative lives are still important to us and love continues to be an inspiration.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by crowbeard on April 18, 2009 at 11:05am: maybe you should rest at the cross roads for a while and contemplate were you are ....perhaps were you have come from........ and then were you will go......... (with some of that wisdom you could also probably correct my spelling and grammar but i wouldn't bother i'm just lazy as long as you get the gyst ...gyst???????); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dale on April 18, 2009 at 11:22am: My good frend . I to will soon become that great age of 55 In July as a mater of fact . I find that there are a lot of things i waunt to do and at a time could do that i cant do now . Crossroads? I dont like thanking that my age is catching up to me . But somehow it is.Pain has become a everyday thing and not being able to pull more then an 18 houre day pisses me off .I have ben on fast forword all my life and dont want to slow down. BUT as you know by now The spirit is willing but the body wont go; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mystic Witch on April 18, 2009 at 11:31am: I understand, I have been where you are now. I just let it finally come to me and stopped banging my head lol against the wall wondering what to do. I now am in a happy place. blessings; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Fionn oMurchu on April 18, 2009 at 6:33pm: The Winter of Our Discontent lol. Anyone else have any thoughts on this...?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dale on April 18, 2009 at 7:43pm: Why stay on the crossroads. The forest look beautiful. Make your own path.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Fionn oMurchu on April 18, 2009 at 8:14pm: Thanks for that one, Dale :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Vindviska on April 18, 2009 at 8:23pm: make the most of it have a mid-age crisis and do the crazy stuff! ive been planning on having a crise every year..hm..but.. somehow i didnt have the energy to have the huge one i had in mind for this last birthday...mumble..
right now a picnic seems like a crazystuff choice..hm; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Fionn oMurchu on April 18, 2009 at 8:25pm: lol well I didn't buy a Harley-Davidson! No, right now I just need a new direction, I'm worn out from my mundane life...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dale on April 18, 2009 at 8:40pm: A Harley I tryed that one Connie will not here of it. She said i would wind up killing my self on I 83 Liike i drive fast or something LOL; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Gwendolynn on April 18, 2009 at 10:49pm: I'm 54 and have missed that crossroads completely...then again I had my last baby at 40, so I figure THAT was the crossroads for me. I took an early retirement 3 years later and haven't had a chance to stop yet. Although, the hardest part about retiring, especially if you are a boss or bosslady, is being able to control things and being in "the know" of what was going on. It's quite a shock when you retire and all those you're used to seeing on a regular basis, suddenly are not seen or heard from for years at a time.

I was prepared though..for I sew, quilt, embroidery, paint, craft, garden some, write and take care of one old lady, one 14 year old spoiled rotten child, one happy grandbaby, one old Laird, three dogs, three cats and a partridge and a pear tree...whew....and somewhere in all that I'm here .... and I manage to read. I'm thinking that I might have taken a wrong turn at that crossroads...hehehe; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Vindviska on April 20, 2009 at 5:30am: hm did someone rat me out??
tehehee..I've been planning on getting a motorcycle license,just to get myself a Harley.
but so far the crappy thingys are a little to heavy for me..
i looked at the bike they have at the "driver school" (don't know the name/word for it in English) and its huuuge and heavy as a boat on land.."¤#"¤&%/%&(..so i guess either ill have to build it to match me or ill just have to wait a little longer..mumble..; ▶ Reply to This