I'm 56 and just got my second BA. I graduated in 1972 after nearly flunking out (breakdown when I was 20) and only had a GPA of 2.000000027 or something :-) This time I had a 4.0 in my major and spent time the last 5 years on the Dean's List.

I believe now (didn't in my 20s and 30s :-) that it is possible to do well and that all things will be well eventually. I didn't get married until I was 39 and that's another thing I didn't think would happen in my 20s and early 30s, a loving relationship.

I'm a whole lot better now at "waiting" and continuing to work toward what I want, hopeful that it will all come out well for me. After getting together with my T a second time from a 9 year break, I believe just about anything (good) can happen "around the corner" so I don't despair quite so quickly anymore but keep working forward toward what I hope for and want.

There's a book I love, The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle and the hero character reminds the others that "the happy ending can't come in the middle of the story" so I ask myself now, "Are you happy?" and if the answer is "No" then I know it is still the middle of that story and I keep working.