Here are 40 things every woman “should have” by age 40:
- Have an emotionally-powerful kiss which will continually remind you of the word “passion.”
- Have a lover who knows how, when and where to “touch” you in a way that left you in awe and anticipation.
- Have an understanding of your family’s medical history that enables you to take appropriate steps to preserve your well-being.
- Without losing self-control learn how to confront a friend or someone else close to you.
- Have a young child that has looked to you for support, compassion, and guidance, but not your own.
- Have a place you can call “your own” place where you can be comfortably relaxed.
- Have the knowledge to cook at least one complicated dish.
- Have a best friend that makes you happy.
- Have a friend who is nonjudgmental.
- Get something more valuable that is more expensive.
- Have a vision of yourself actually scared you.
- Have a past experience so enamoring that you’ll gladly retell it in your late years.
- You should realize that old age is inevitable, and you must have a way of funding it.
- Have an emotional scar which is deeply entrenched via pain and has strengthened your character.
- Have an outfit so lovely that you can wear it in front of anyone, at any time.
- A routine activity that you do lonely to yourself.
- Realize that your parents did the best they could with what they had.
- Have memories that help you appreciate the ones that make you gleeful.
- Have personal record of your deepest thoughts and feelings.
- Have a friend you can call at any time to help you out of a jam.
- Have something that brings about a heavy sense of sentimentality such as a piece of jewelry, a tattoo, a gift or anything.
- Have the knowledge what you will and will not find personally acceptable in any relationship.
- Have a well-kept secret that immediately brings about a smile.
- Have an older woman in your life that possesses characteristics you wish to emulate.
- Have a sense of spirituality that both nourishes and teaches.
- Have a song or musical piece that brings that defines you.
- And which makes you want to sing at the top of your lungs.
- Have “to-do” list that may or may not be completely checked off.
- Have a higher purpose that enables you to roll out of bed even on the toughest of days.
- Just know who you are as a woman.
- Accomplished something that nobody can ever take away from you in any situation.
- Have a photo album, big or small, of forever cherished memories.
- Lost someone so deeply loved that it will forever leave a void in your soul and a hole in your heart.
- Having the ability to say “NO” without any further explanation.
- Accepting the person you see in the mirror, with all imperfections as they’ve likely been earned over time.
- Have any hobby that you can spend a lot of time on it.
- Have a gray hair or two, or a part of your body that you’ll probably never perfect.
- Had a romantic partner that brought out your “wild side.”
- Have bit of money set aside, or enough resources in case of an emergency.
- Know that 40 years means “old.” But remember that there’s a lot of living to be done, young lady.