--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" <steve.sundur@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > But I have become much more a realist as I grow up and older. Until > maybe 5 years ago I was a regular optimist. Now, much less optimistic, > and not sure if that is part of getting older, or even some sort of mild > depression, or just looking around at the situation on the planet today > and going wtf. > > I think you nailed it here. At least for me. The kind of strange thing > is though, I am conveying this new (or newer) found attitude to my kids.
Yes, me too. My 25 year old notes the new attitude in me, and in his peers. And I think he and his generation (or at least his friends) see that life expectations for their generation are very different than ours back in the 70's. Yep, humor helps a great deal -and so does keeping awareness on the present moment, walking outside, some regular gratitude thinking. My 57 year old sister in law, who is ear to me, has a fatal illness and I am learning some lessons from her very rapid adjustment to her situation - she got wise. What is interesting for our subset is that we "got real" in contrast to the TM inspired ideals and optimism of our 20's. A big shift . And, I am still grateful for my TM days and my TM practice. > Or perhaps they see my mild cynicism and take note. Or it may be that > my wife is so practical that they take note of that too. But also, > you've got to keep a sense of humor about things. Otherwise you're > sunk. > > So, I am making a real effort not to look around so much, caue I am more > effective if I do not get caught up in the awareness of so much that I > am appalled by. >
