Phew! Very well written guys. Does teach you a lot about yourself. But i'd say a closed mind always rolls towards monotony. At some point of time we do get bored thinking if we should always listen to someone else and not let ourselves explore this journey called life.
It does feel bad when you're in a position where somebody elder(not necessarily) to you has to decide about your choices in life and that's like you were wishing all your dreams turned into a reality but most of the times its like they put a bullet through your vase full of wishes. Curiosity, and patience especially should do the job of a positive perspective. We always hurry things at this point of life 'mid life' as you said. But there is a lot more in life than just looking back and wondering if monotony in itself is a monotony. But like Sunny bhai said - get a fresh look for your bike and some and gear and hit the gas. I'm sure there are lots of people out there waiting to explore, in the years to come.
In my case, though i don't own a bike, and some of my friends are bored of owning theirs, i always pull them out of their houses, with a camera in hand and off we are to explore the untold places. But that passion of owning a bike is never ending in me though. After all some people have laid down 'THEIR monotonous lives' to making our lives more exciting and interesting.
