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Just as it is in the economic self-interest of the old to invest in the young, so it is in the spiritual self-interest of the young to invest in the old. It is the elders who initiate us into the second half. It is they who are forerunners on the quest. If this transmission of wisdom does not occur, every generation has to learn the same truths over and over again

The fate of the life cycle, like that of marriage, depends on how balance valid yet conflicting needs : our need to be free and independent individuals, living life for our own fulfillment; and our need to be connected and interdependent with the larger community. Though both needs must be honored, the voice of community often calls out more loudly because it is the one we have shortchanged in the first half.

Have faith that what seems like disconnected pieces will in fact turn out to be part of a puzzle.

‪All of us require some material goods in order to stay alive. The question is ; how much ?. The Weight of your pack is the weight of your karma ( what you must pay as a consequence of living the way you do ). Do you really want to carry that much ?‬
‪Since the more we have, the more we have to carry, entering the second half often requires lightening our load - not just physically but psychologically.