“There are, I believe, only two great seasons in life: the season of expansion and the season of contraction.”
STAGE 1.
- “(…) discover the demands of the world as you find it and to fit yourself to those demands.”
STAGE 2.
- You will respond to your intrinsic desires. “You become less and less what others expect.”
- “Responding at last to what is intrinsic can mean self-indulgence, frivolity, or even emptiness. But it need not. An astonishingly large part of what is truly you coincides with old notions like duty, service, generosity, and nurturance: helping to build a community center—by both laying bricks and raising funds; running for office; guiding young people—your grandchildren—to maturity; giving back much of what you have so arduously won.”