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Comment by nosuchthing

Aware of what?

I often find people in their 40s' to be deeply troubled, tired, and grappling for power or ego.

Anecdotally I have encountered more people in the 50s-90s range with a calmer, wiser, and altruistic awareness of self and others. I imagine it has something to do with the thought of mortality nullifying their materialistic or egoistic pursuits, and some sort of realization that we're all here together on a big rock hurdling through space so maybe baking a batch of cookies for friends is a good idea worth spending time on.

parent nosuchthing 11 years ago

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