tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087502739566584714.post3972113533890281889..comments2023-10-14T22:00:58.392+11:00Comments on Midlife - A Journey: The PassageLozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10513517402604501840noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087502739566584714.post-5092968100810834072007-08-25T16:09:00.000+10:002007-08-25T16:09:00.000+10:00Gypsy - welcome to another aussie blogger and the ...Gypsy - welcome to another aussie blogger and the trick is to know when to paddle and when to drift.<BR/><BR/>Mel - I think that learning to live in the moment is one of the hardest things to do.<BR/><BR/>Steph - I think you're right it is very much a search for home.<BR/><BR/>Josie - I think we all have to head back out eventually but hopefully there is a wisdom found that we can take with us.<BR/><BR/>Paisley - I have met people who seem content, I'm just not sure whether that is just a facade or whether the shipwreck of midlife has somehow been missed.Lozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10513517402604501840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087502739566584714.post-75946349911573932502007-08-25T12:22:00.000+10:002007-08-25T12:22:00.000+10:00oh loz.. my misspent youth.. i would misspend the ...oh loz.. my misspent youth.. i would misspend the rest of my days too,, only to be young again....<BR/><BR/>i do believe we fritter it away... but when we are 70 we are going to believe we frittered away our 40-50 too... we are human,, and very basically to me that means never content.....paisleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231453820728399262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087502739566584714.post-16942688262129305752007-08-25T05:57:00.000+10:002007-08-25T05:57:00.000+10:00Amen to this, Loz. In our earlier adult lives, we ...Amen to this, Loz. In our earlier adult lives, we are often so busy making a living that we forget to find time to make a life. Then we comd screetching into middle years and realize we don't know who we are, or what we are doing here, or why. Finally, I am reaching the place you speak of now - the calmer backwaters where I am, piece by piece, rebuilding a life - one that has meaning and enjoyment. At times it's a little uncertain and scary, but it's not a bad place to be at all. In fact I like it - far preferable to the miserable, chaotic years I've just come out of. I think I'll know when it's time to head back into open waters.josie2shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15452791371126155173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087502739566584714.post-49140675703926018142007-08-25T03:12:00.000+10:002007-08-25T03:12:00.000+10:00I think rushing through youth is part and parcel o...I think rushing through youth is part and parcel of that stage. At least a good portion of it. I have always been at home with change, less so with consistency of place and purpose. So, for me, midlife has brought with it an urge for permanence. A "change" for me. Sure, I still crave the old ways of variance from "the norm", but for the most part, I'm searching for a place of groundedness - within and without.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087502739566584714.post-22385370608778754752007-08-25T01:26:00.000+10:002007-08-25T01:26:00.000+10:00Hmm, now that I am "older" and struggling with som...Hmm, now that I am "older" and struggling with some health issues, I was just recently reflecting on the fact that IF I HAD ONLY KNOWN that was going to be the LAST TIME I was ever going to be able to eat such and such, I probably would have ENJOYED it more. Taken the time to SAVOR every flavor.<BR/><BR/>I tend to RUSH around all the time, or simply GO THROUGH the motions without really feeling or LIVING IN THE MOMENT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087502739566584714.post-81045355384105270482007-08-25T00:10:00.000+10:002007-08-25T00:10:00.000+10:00What a lovely analogy. I think I am in a swamp at...What a lovely analogy. I think I am in a swamp at the moment, amongst the reeds and trying desperately to find my way out...lol.<BR/><BR/>I absolutely love your masthead (I think thats what you call it). Beautiful blog.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339140046788925506noreply@blogger.com