“ The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity. ”
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.
~ Gail Sheehy
Changes are not predictable but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation.
Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect you have enough.
Transformation also means looking for ways to stop pushing yourself so hard professionally or inviting so much stress.