With Each Passage Of Human Growth We

Ah, Mastery... What A Profoundly Satisfying Feeling When One Finally Gets On Top Of A New Set Of Skills... And Then Sees The Light Under The New Door Those Skills Can Open, Even As Another Door Is Closing.

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.

It Is A Paradox That As We Reach Out Prime, We Also See There Is A Place Where It Finishes.

If Menopause Is The Silent Passage, 'male Menopause' Is The Unspeakable Passage. It Is Fraught With Secrecy, Shame, And Denial. It Is Much More Fundamental Than The Ending Of The Fertile Period Of A Woman's Life, Because It Strikes At The Core Of What It Is To Be A Man.

When You Have Self-respect, You Have Enough.