Letter to 50 Year Old Me

Dear 50-Year-Old-Me, Hope my letter finds you in the healthiest of moods and great physical state. Right now, when I am half your age, I can only imagine what your life would be like and what all you must have been through. And I am still pretty sure you would have had a hell of a ride-fascinating, adventurous, unpredictable. So, I request you to please take some time out and answer a few questions for me. First of all, tell me if you are still in a fighting fit condition? Not that I look like Superman at this very moment, but are you still in a position to take down your opponent in a boxing bout? Can you still lift twice of your body weight? Do your old trousers still fit you or have you developed a paunch? Can you beat your children in cycling or have you become too old to climb the stairs of your office? Tell me about your work? How is it going? Are you happy with what you are doing? Does your job give you enough time to spend with your family? More importantly, what is it that you are doing? Are you happy with your job? Are you doing what you wanted to do? Do you have your own business, or are you working for someone else? Do you finally consider yourself rich enough, or money is still the only reason why you go and do your job every day? The most important question-are you making a difference in someone’s life with your job? How is your family life going? Did you finally marry the girl of your dreams? Did you at least MEET her? How many girls were you with before you met your woman? Did you learn from any of your past mistakes? Or did you continue repeating and improvising your mistakes?  And since you are married, tell me whether you married your friend or just a trophy? I really, really hope that you are with someone whom you can love for more than a week, because that is the extent of my love to someone else. And if you are not, then dude, you still haven’t learnt. How are the kids doing? Are you their best friend yet? Or are you still waiting for a brilliant stroke of luck that would wake them up from their sleep and make them realize who their father is? Does your daughter share and discuss her career plans and fashion trends with you? Does your son tell you about his latest crush? Were you aware when he tried his first sip of beer, or his first puff of cigarette? When they are going through difficult times, do you do your best to remove their pain or do you guide them through every step and help them in figuring a way out themselves? Are you a good father? How are your parents? Are they proud of you? Are they living with you? Were you able to make them realize that you are a good son, and not a failure in life? Did you do everything that they asked you to? Did you have disagreements with them in a healthy manner? You know that they will never cease to love you, but were you able to explain them how you think, how you feel and why you are the way you are? I really hope that you don’t consider yourself a disappointment when it comes to them. I know it’s a long questionnaire, but then, you are you. What I am right now and what you are is separated by an abyss. The next twenty five years will fill that abyss. And I do hope that your reply to my letter will be positive, light, cheerful and inspiring. Yours truly, 25-Year-Old-Me.