You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.
By asking the question 'Am I happy?,' and via the answer setting out what I mean by happiness, there is a political route that can be taken, by asking another question - 'Can politics deliver happiness, and should it try?'
I saw my wife at a pool, flipped over her, and 14 days later we were married.