Fire knows no measure...

While aging does pit one against the concept of irrelevance, there is also something very nice to be said for the illusion of being in the middle of so many opposing forces - young and old, big and small, rebellious and wise, etc. - it's a kind of benevolent doldrums, a gifted vantage point where black and white seem equidistant on available horizons. Also important at this stage to learn how to replace the word "or" with "and" as often as you can mean it.