I am a very late bloomer, always have been. Until very recently (I am now 55), what other people thought of me was basically the most important thing in my life. Only recently have I been able to gain perspective on that. It's the most freeing thing I've ever experienced, having that epiphany that people aren't thinking about you, only themselves.
If The Flintstones have taught us anything, it's that pelicans can be used to mix cement.
-Homer Simpson
-Homer Simpson