Consider your definition of a great book. As readers, we make our selections based on an interesting cover, anticipation of the author’s latest creation, a suspenseful prologue or something else. The point being what starts the journey, is not what defines it as ultimately being a great book; a satisfying story.
In fact, seldom would the determination be made in the first chapter, first few chapters, or even the middle of the book. A great read is a page-turner to the end. Maybe some will be satisfied by the end of the story that love was found, the mystery was solved, the cure was found, millions were saved and the world found peace. It requires a commitment on the author’s part and the reader’s part to finish to the end, to the last sentence, last word, last period.
Why then do we approach our lives so differently? Have you already judged your success or failure based on the beginning or middle of your story? It's not over; not too late.
Perhaps you may be just coming into the best and most productive and creative part of your life. The opportunity presents anew each day to grow, reinvent yourself, say yes to the kid dreams in you that adult you, never pursued. Middle age is not the end. It’s simply the middle of a great story, Yours! So start writing your next chapter, maybe it’s a novel, maybe not, but you won’t know until you’ve turned the last page…
