Growth Demands A Temporary Surrender Of Security.

Journalism Today Is Obviously In A Major Transition. Going To Journalism School, Learning How To Write, Working Your Way Up In A Little Paper In Decatur, Georgia And Then Moving To Atlanta And Then Maybe To New York: It's Just Over. You Have To Have A Whole Other Set Of Skills Now. You Have To Be A Videographer, You Have To Do Social Media. You Can't Do A Long, Thoughtful, Insightful Piece If You Don't Have The Time To Do Reporting, Particularly Reporting Around Somebody Who Doesn't Want To Be Known Or An Issue That Doesn't Want To Reveal Itself.

My Mother Had Demonstrated That The Best Way To Defeat The Numbing Ambivalence Of Middle Age Is To Surprise Yourself - By Pulling Off Some Cartwheel Of Thought Or Action Never Even Imagined At A Younger Age.

As We Reach Midlife In The Middle Thirties Or Early Forties, We Are Not Prepared For The Idea That Time Can Run Out On Us, Or For The Startling Truth That If We Don't Hurry To Pursue Our Own Definition Of A Meaningful Existence, Life Can Become A Repetition Of Trivial Maintenance Duties.

Men Are Not Given Awards And Promotions For Bravery In Intimacy.

By Operating On The Principle Of Human And Material Obsolescence, America Eats Her History Alive.