Growth - David Brooks's Blog

May 27 Med...
To self: Today, be mindful of growth.
At some point in everyone's life we naturally stop growing physically. Sure we often continue to put on pounds, but our height, bones and body frame stop growing. Unfortunately, too many of us stop growing emotionally, spiritually and intellectually as well.
Don't lose your desire to learn. Read. Study. Take up a new hobby.
I have no regrets about returning to college at age 48 to obtain a second degree and begin a teaching career. Be open to another change. Another challenge. Maybe it's time. Time to grow some more. God knows.

-----------------------------------------

"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape."
      - Charles Dickens

"Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it."
      - William James,
         The Principles of Psychology
------------------------------------------

Philippians 1:9...
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,