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I am coming to terms with the fact that I might never play the guitar now that i'm nearly 45.

During the (long, long ago) beautiful summer days when work was less busy and time with the family much greater, Alison and I resolved to help Callum start to learn to play the guitar with guitar lessons and I said I was going to learn with him.

I started guitar lessons when I was a young lad but didn't follow them through. I also got a guitar for my 35th birthday which has barely been touched.

The simple fact of the matter is that the time to invest in being any good at it all just doesn't exist in my life at the present time and my body is probably too old to adapt to playing the guitar.

I'm also unlikely at this stage to be able to do the high jump for similar reasons.

It's likely that i'll never be a master baker.

I am unlikely to become proficient in several other languages.

I think realistically my days of mountain climbing are over.

You can look at your life and be sad for the things that you can't do but of course the reality is that the world we live in provides us with so many opportunities that it's staggering and mind boggling. If we can't develop focus onto areas of opportunity that we want to pursue then we will be scattered to the wind in pursuit of excellence in far too many places.

It's true I might not be able to play the guitar (a dramatic change in circumstances may actually alter that) but I can certainly focus on the areas I have chosen to be good at and take great joy in getting better at those for the time I invest. When the time comes that I am fed up of investing in those and i'm 'good enough' for myself the I can switch and perhaps change to the guitar.

Blog Post Number: 1083