Originally Posted by KateL

Yeah future is a good one. When I was in my twenties and thirties I had resigned myself to being dead around 40 - ish. I am now 55.

The second word would be empathy. I never felt it much for others because I was too busy worrying about my own situation. Now I worry about every one, I saw a girl crying outside Victoria station recently and asked if she was ok. She said, no but she would be and thanked me for asking. I wouldnlt have even noticed when I was a drunken blob, I don't know if I cheered her up a bit by asking but I much prefer to be like I am now than the way I was. Even if I am a softy.