Many of the challenges we face in aging are found to be challenges that we confronted some time ago – perhaps ignored – only to have them return en masse. We didn’t know how to deal with them before and may find ourselves overwhelmed now. I have long wondered what afflictions may be attributed to the challenges we face as we enter the Autumn / Winter of Life.
Much attention is placed on those with addition to alcohol / drugs – though addition to an identity is nearly ignored or left to the realm of psychotherapy and pharmaceuticals.
This is where the lessons that have been withheld from the masses for millennium may come in handy.
What can we learn about ourselves that makes transitioning easier and relieve suffering… that have long been contained in schools of enlightenment.