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That was the trouble with conversations, you couldn’t get out of them.
“When we resist a transition, we are actually resisting one or more of its three phases. We may resist letting go of the old; we may resist the confusion of the in-between liminal state (also known as the “messy middle”); or we may resist the uncertainties of a risky new beginning.”
― Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age
― Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age
“Research has shown that we grow more satisfied with life after age 50. And this isn’t just an American thing, as researchers have found this U-curve of happiness to be nearly universal across countries.”
― Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age
― Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age
“What most attempts to make sense of this trend overlook is the fact that in midlife, too many of us just don’t feel seen. We feel invisible at work. Anonymous to our neighbors. A stranger to friends or family, who still see us as we were twenty years ago. To be invisible is to be disconnected.”
― Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age
― Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age
“Gratitude without self-judgment: a prescription for a contented life.”
― Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age
― Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age
“If you play only games you can win, your sandbox gets smaller and smaller.”
― Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age
― Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age
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