Posts Tagged ‘choice’
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
How do you feel when you’ve turned a corner in your life and there, ahead of you, is . . . another obstacle? Aren’t you tempted to give in to discouragement? Don’t you sometimes ask yourself, ‘Is this all really worth it?’
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Tags: choice, courage, cycle, decision, discouragement, mastery, midlife, spiral
Posted in Life Vision and Goals | No Comments »
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
If everything that your family does to prepare for, to celebrate, and to clean up from the holidays is done with only just a little love, the drudgery and obligation of this time of year can be transformed into a real celebration. Without it, I have my doubts.
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Tags: choice, expectations, family, holidays, joy, mastery, midlife, origin
Posted in Relationships | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
What recourse do you have when you get what you want, and you discover that it’s not what you really wanted, after all?
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Tags: Abilene, boredom, choice, crisis, ennui, mastery, midlife, paradox
Posted in Life Vision and Goals | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
When the old principles from childhood start to erode under pressure from the realities of mature decision-making, sooner or later it becomes clear that ethical decisions are incredibly more nuanced than we had been led to believe.
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Tags: authenticity, choice, convention, depravity, ethics, mastery, midlife, morality
Posted in Self-Esteem | 3 Comments »
What’s the alternative to muddling through life, pretending that your permanent condition is just a temporary one? As the signs of the shortening of the years become more obvious, how do keep yourself from taking more and more outlandish risks just to prove that you don’t see what you see, feel what you feel, and know what you know?
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Tags: choice, crisis, denial, mastery, midlife, plan, risks
Posted in Commentary | 2 Comments »