I often act in belief that everyone feels as I do, that all
people have basically the same experience structure that gives a universality
to all life. One belief I have is that
our minds keep us at a certain level of validity, a certain understanding of
our personal value, worth and meaning.
This understanding of ourselves is based on our age when we were most
effective at life, age 10 or 16-17 or 32-45.
However as we get older, say 59, we no longer have the mental or
physical ability to be the self that our minds always create us as. This creates a certain tension of life that
must be accommodated in order for us to fully experience our senior years. We feel we have potential for significant
meaning yet we no longer have the body that can pull it off.
I have yet to find the answer to this tension.
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