Tag: life
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A Character in a Play Written by Someone Else
Who Is the Primary Author of Your Life’s Biography? None of us begins life holding the pen. Long before we have an autobiography, we have a script. We arrive with a body we did not choose, into a family we did not select, into a culture we did not design, at a particular moment in… Read more
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Knowledge vs Wisdom
Acquiring Knowledge in Youth We spend our first twenty years or so of life acquiring knowledge. We learn our ABC’s and our math facts. We discover all those squiggly little lines will turn into reading and stories and adventures that you can absorb and sometimes—when we are lucky—we can disappear into them. I still wonder… Read more
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AMOR FATI: Love the Tracks You’ve Laid
The Weight of Fighting Fate Life’s a one-way track—with its twists and turns, crashes and burns, victory laps and daily concerns. There are no do-overs. “Forever” love sometimes is but a chapter; dreams get shattered; death blindsides. We haul “if only” regrets and lifelong grudges—life is heavy, indeed. Amor Fati—loving your fate without wishing to… Read more
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Curveballs & Character
Phases of Life Life unfolds in distinct chapters. Childhood is a time of discovery and adventure. Adolescence centers on social life. Late teens and early adulthood involve planning and pursuing dreams. At midlife, we assess how those dreams have been realized. In our sunset years, we reflect on the unique curveballs life hurled at us… Read more