My wife just turned 40 last month.  I catch up in a few months time by April 2008.  The season between her 40th birthday and mine seems to mark a special period for us as we take advantage of major redirections in our lives.  Added to this, we will be celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary this coming June 12, 2008 (yes, nag Centennial Wedding po kami).  So the time from her birthday last month up to June 12 of next year looks like an exciting chapter.  Two milestone birthdays and a milestone anniversary.

When people say that life begins at 40, they ought to know what are the mechanics behind the statement.  Here lies the clincher: you see, in our 20s, we usually have all the energy and the time but hardly the money.  In our 30s, we have the money and the energy and the money, but we don't have the time.  Later in life as we grow old, we have the money, we have the time, but we don't have the energy.  Ergo, the emphasis on 40.

My personal belief is that people should strike the perfect equilibrium of time, energy, and money at about age 40 (40 is just the ballpark number; it could be a bit sooner, it could be a bit later).  What a person ought to do at 40 cannot be dictated upon.  There's a myriad of activities and life pursuits to take on given the various personalities and temperaments we all represent.  However, at this point, ideally, there should hardly be an excuse for having a lack of any of the three elements. 

"Carpe Diem" as Eden Nares would always say.