I would say that love living and having gone through so much can only posibly take us to a more gratifying life..
Many are not privledged.. I am very fortunate to have caught this at this time.. I still have a good 40!!!!! Eeek (Had to Edit here)!! haha years to go...
Being in the middle of my life yet having done it all.. The family thing.. the being a wife mother and daughter.. I still am here learning more then ever to cope..
So I read.. I love to read.
I got to thinking just now of a book that helped me very much..
It is Called Sage-ing while Age-Ing...
It was written by Shirley Maclaine
and one of the things I love about this women is that she is firm to the point and positive..
Something I need...
It is hard for me to look upon my very own good..
I get all shambled up in my own feeling...
Yet I have learned many new tricks for that..
and well one of the things that helped were Shirley MacLaines life..
I mean she has been a strong and very opened minded women.. Something I need rubbing my shoulder upon..
I mean wow Take a look at something she said that just motivated me so very much...

        "As I look back over my life, as my mind wanders freely over how I’ve lived and loved and protested and questioned, I realize that aging well isn’t about the search for happiness, but more about quietly feeling content with what I’ve experienced. Loving without caring too much, you might say. And more than anything, I’ve come to appreciate the value of conflict. Everything isn’t always meant to be light and love. The dark times, the conflicts, that’s where real learning can happen."
-Shirley MacLaine, Sage-Ing While Age-Ing; Atria Books, p. 4, copyright 2007.

Great words from a wonderful women...
It is not always about being Happy.