Time usage...The Timeline...

A life is a timeline, and there is a point where one begins to grow aware that they are reaching the "middle" of that timeline.

Maybe this is where many people stumble into a mid-life crisis.  Certainly an "explainable" result.  But with the proper perspective, it seems this position on the timeline of life can be powerful and informative.

The potential exists in the paradox of the two sides of the timeline.

The limited time remaining (or put another way...the imminent end of the line) breeds an urgency and intentionality to be living with purpose, vigor and vision.  The right side of the timeline says "use time wisely"..."do the important not just the urgent".

The span of time already lived gives perspective on how much can be accomplished in a given window of time.  In essence, it is the left side of the timeline that opposes a fatalistic outlook on the right side of the timeline.

For some, the middle of the timeline leads to crisis.  It need not be this way.  A proper perspective at the middle of the timeline allows a life to reach a whole new trajectory.