I have just been listening to a conversation between Oprah Winfrey and Jane Fonda. According to Fonda, act one of life is birth to 29; act two is 30 to fifty nine; and act three is 60 and over. Act One is all about formation. Act Two is when one is working, producing, creating. Act three is characterized by knowing who you are, by being wise, hopefully, being healed and whole (certainly the life goal).
All of this would lead one to believe that by the time one is in the third act of life, it's time to get it right, have it straight. It's time to work on the "bucket list". Or to set right things right that have gone awry. To speak up. To stop trying to please everyone else. To know what to leave behind. To connect.
Being Sixty Plus is certainly all about being in Act Three. However, I do believe that when the production is over and the final curtain falls, there is more.
And it could very well be the best part.
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