I am forty-one today.  How am I coping with being forty-something?  Well, I am learning to find joy in small things like walking with my wife and son around the wildness areas near my house.  At first, we biked around but I found that scenery just moved too fast and there was no time to talk.  Being flat-footed, I tend to avoid walking far, but the area around my house is great and filled with wildlife so I can stop frequently and watch the animals.  The other day, I saw a swan eat a duckling.  Kind of shocking, but there were six other ducklings to keep the mother duck busy.  So, this is how I am being forty-something.