The Power of Experience : Great Writers Over 50 on the Quest for a Lifetime of Meaning
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Printer-friendly version| Title | The Power of Experience : Great Writers Over 50 on the Quest for a Lifetime of Meaning |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Pub Year | 2007 |
| Authors | Janes, J., & Sheehy G. |
| Publisher | Sterling Publishing |
| Keywords | false self, maturity |
| Notes | false self, maturity"Crossing into second adulthood pushes us beyond the preoccupation with self. We are compelled to reexamine the made-to-order persona that gained us points and protection in our earlier, striving years. As we become more certain of the values we stand for--as we hunger to find more significance in the actions we take in the world--we may permit a 'little death' of that 'false self'. If so, we make room for the birth of a new self, one with the 'roundedness' of personality that Jung describes as possible only in the afternoon of life. That is the power of experience." (p. xvii) |
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