Maturity brings clarity of purpose.

As an author and reader, I’m fascinated by the drama we experience at this age. Often, it's quiet. Internal.

Older people have a second coming-of-age to go through, but now the stakes are higher.

This is the time to reexamine choices and forge new paths. The clock is ticking, so we’re on fire. We have dreams. We start businesses. We fall in love.

We throw the Hail Mary pass, risking everything, just like young people.

We might decide to stop being doormats, or take a stand, or make the greatest sacrifice of our lives.

As fascinating as the young folks are, I think older folks are even more interesting. We may not be as pretty, but we’re more devious and complicated. And so are our stories.