In just nine days I will be celebrating a major milestone. Here is my thought for today.

I’m not really dreading it anymore. I guess I’m settling into the idea of being fifty. And fifty can mean whatever I want it to mean, right?

I was inspired watching 41-year-old Dara Torres win the silver medal for the 50 mm freestyle. Afterwards a reporter asked what she would tell her 2-year-old daughter about this:  "Don’t put an age limit on your dreams," she said.

But she’s only 41!

Still, no age limit on your dreams is a great message. There’s nothing any of us can do about the  passage of time. But we can make our lives as full and interesting as possible.