One of the highest compliments there is, is this: “I've always known that; why didn't I know it before." It occurs when hearing or reading something that initially sounds obvious, but on further thought is so right and true that it adds depths of understanding and clarity you didn't have before.
That happened yesterday reading a new post at David Wolfe's blog, Ageless Marketing.
"[In] the second half of life, the libido expresses desires to recreate the self in less materialistic, more symbolic ways, such as in one’s good works or 'giving back' to others as part of one’s legacy. This is one way people know they can live on, even if it's only in the minds of others.”
David is contrasting this later life development to the first half of our lives when our libido urges us relentlessly to preen and prance and posture in answer to nature's imperative for continuation of our species. Then he gets to my “aha” moment:
”...the Holy Grail in human personality development. At long last [in age] we may find the answer to the biggest question that ever arises in our minds: "Who am I?"
So simply put. So true. Something I have spent tens of thousands of words on this blog trying to get to. He further explains:
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