It’s absurd to look at a three year old toddler and say, “this kid can’t read or do math or even string together a coherent paragraph. He’s a dolt and he’s never going to amount to anything.” No, we don’t say that because we know we can teach and motivate and cajole the typical kid to be able to do all of these things.… Read the rest
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Quantum Change – Midlife Transition
One way of looking at the changes that take place in a man’s life over the years has been studied and reported in a book called Quantum Change by William R. Miller and Janet C’deBaca.
THE STUDY
They collected dozens of “before and after” tales from interviews, letters, and telephone calls.… Read the rest
More thoughts on Midlife Transition
FEAR OF TRANSFORMATION
Sometimes I feel that my life is a series of trapeze swings. I’m either hanging on to a trapeze bar swinging along or, for a few moments in my life, I’m hurtling across space in between trapeze bars.… Read the rest
Midlife Transition – in the words of T.S. Eliot
In the words of T.S. Eliot:
…In order to arrive at what you do not know
You must go by a way which is the way of ignorance.
In order to possess what you do not possess
You must go by the way of dispossession.… Read the rest
Ageing or Sageing?
I’m writing a talk today about Ageing and started to do some Internet research about how other people view the passing of their years. I came across this blog post and while I hardly see the author as ‘old’ – (must be the place I’m looking from!)… Read the rest