When you are young, you have raw smarts; when you are old, you have wisdom.  When you are young, you can generate lots of facts; when you are old, you know what they mean and how to use them.*
Arthur Brooks

After each episode of flow a person becomes more of a unique individual, less predictable, possessed of rarer skills.**
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

My Thin|Silence blog has emerged from a
slow journey in the same direction;
Approaching retirement, I now have
a better idea
of the contribution I want to make.

I hope that I am coming into
my wisdom,
The life that is borne of all
the experiences of failure and success (a lot of failure),
Of exploring and discovery.

“This is it” moments in life have only
opened more episodes, further
series of possibility,
Moving horizons in
an expanding universe.

It is never too late and
you are never too old,
And to spend time curating all that you have
gathered through your many years will
lead you into more.

*Arthur Brooks; From Strength to Strength;
**Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow.