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Midlife and Aging

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Lakota Grandmother speaking to young adult grandson: 

“In the days of our youth, however, we put our faith in flesh, blood, and bone.  We think strength is going faster, farther, and higher.  We solve a problem by overwhelming it, or wearing it down.  But there comes a time when we can no longer do that.

“Eventually we learn to our dismay that we cannot go as fast, or as far, or as high.  So we learn the value of turning to our intellect, our ability to reason.  We attack a problem only after we’ve studied its various parts.  While flesh, blood, and bone cannot sustain strength indefinitely, we discover that knowledge can.  Its strength can grow and grow, indefinitely, if need be.

“With a store of knowledge, we begin to reach for wisdom.  As it is revealed to us more and more, we realize that we have reached our ultimate strength.  Like knowledge, wisdom grows.

“If knowledge is strength of mind, then wisdom is the strength of the soul.”

Keep Going: The Art of Perseverance

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Joseph M. Marshall III

Author of The Lakota Way

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2 Responses to “Midlife and Aging”

  1. Hubert Bowen Says:
    December 3rd, 2007 at 2:21 am

    very good reading, causing me to conclude that the purpose to higher education is to bring youth to wisdom as early as possable as a soul is a terrible thing to waiste!

  2. resveratrol Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    resveratrol…

    Consumer- driven healthcare is going to continue to grow and people are going to be smarter about their own health and its costs. There is a real problem with the uninsured population in this country that has to be addressed. This problem will continue…

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