Re: Re: The challenge of aging

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So true! Steve Jobs in a prophetic way couldn't have put it more eloquently in his 2005 Stanford speech:"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." Steve

Jobs From: J Barrowster <barrowster@...> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 9:19 AMSubject: Re: The challenge of aging

"As I close in on the 50 y/o life marker, 20 of which I have been poz, I> find my greatest challenges being psychological and emotional. "We went through so much, we defined ourselves as activists, and it worked. When you're struggling to survive, you don't really focus on the point of survival. Now that we're here, we need to find a new purpose, and it's not easy.......(personally, I find Madonna's attempts to reinvent herself a bit tiresome. It doesn't look good for me to desperately chase 25 year olds and hang out in clubs, and it's no better for her).I find that 50 has mean changes. My favorite saying of late is "The gods do not show us all of their gifts at once." There is a richness to a lifetime of experiences, and some experiences that I've let go. I'm enjoying my family more, old friends, too. I've been able to resurrect a portion of my career.And yet, sometimes I look at my house and my "stuff" and think, "Why not move?" Start anew. Go to SF, back to France. And as I write this, I find myself asking you, if you want to go to Hawaii, what's stopping you? Maybe it's time for a fresh start, an new life? At 50, there's still time to dream, still time for a fresh start. There's no time to waste, though.JB