The same arrogance that allows a person to assume that he or she can handle the truth without any particular preparation (like becoming immersed in the collected knowledge and wisdom of the world), also empowers people to insist that they (and they alone) can handle their own lives, their own decisions, their own destinies, without regard to or help from anyone else.
Read More..>>When these things start to happen (as happen they must during the midlife transition), you have the choice of seeing yourself as the innocent target of the universe’s cruelty, or of seeing all this as your opportunity to take your inner fortitude to the next level: bucking up and deepening your sense of reliance on Someone greater than yourself.
Read More..>>The truth is that nobody’s forcing you to do anything. The things you do (or don’t do) are all of your own volition. You either want to do something or don’t want to do something, and that’s the end of it.
Read More..>>Ignorance of the risks you’re taking can’t in any way save you from them. To handle this situation effectively, you must have a knowledge and awareness of what you’ll be facing. If you’re a young man with midlife ahead of you, do you know what’s coming? Will you be ready for it when it does? The stakes may be much higher than you know.
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