Maturity.

There comes a time in life
When all your obligations are fulfilled.
Work has become retirement
The kids are grown,
The house is empty.

There is a choice.
To fret, to regret, to look back
And cling to a past that is now
No more than just memories.

Or to relax into the present,
And accept the new freedom
That has found you,
And move into the next phase of life.

To engage with life
In a way that reflects
The new you that is emerging,
And seek meaning in new ways.

To enjoy the time that is left,
To use it in new ways,
And always,
To look around at the beauty
That is the world,
And to simply be.