Wednesday, September 14, 2022

More and less

The world is more magical, less predictable,
more autonomous, less controllable,
more varied, less simple,
more infinite, less knowable,
more wonderfully troubling
than we could have imagined being able to tolerate when we were young.

            James Hollis, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life

 

 

 

 

 






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