I feel like the pattern of my forties looked something like:
- Meet someone and really like them.
- Recognize that part of what I liked is something we have in common.
- Slowly discover the shadows in that common thing.
- And usually decide to not be like that so much anymore.
For example, I gave up being so impatient and hard on myself, (wow, that stuff is painful to watch in others). This took 4+ different people to really learn the dimensions of it.
I am really grateful for my unwittingly good teachers on this. Thank you for being a mirror for me.
Image of peaceful sleeping godhead. Just the disembodied head.
#50daysturning50