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"Life's Third Act"

1/31/2012

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Inspired by reading Mary Catherine Bateson's, Composing A Further Life, I posted the previous blog.

Here you'll discover a video of Jane Fonda  giving a compelling talk on the same subject, life's third act. She too was influenced by Ms. Bateson's ideas. Each of us has deep dreams. I believe that these "extra" years offer an opportunity, if we will only grab it, to realize that deferred dream.

Or as the poet, Langston Hughes said,

"What happens to a dream deferred?  
Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?  
Or fester like a sore--- and then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?"

My deepest dream has always been to write, because it's the thing I think I cannot do. What is yours?
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Doug Fortier link
2/3/2012 12:31:42 am

Thanks for this post Alena. At 65 I'm experiencing the curtain opening on my life's third act and hadn't realized it. For me, what's unfolding didn't come from unfulfilled dreams; I'm seeing my place in our writing community and how I can contribute to it and other non-profits like the Point Cabrillo Lightkeepers Association. I'd like to encourage you to rally 'round your chapter of the California Writers Club, to share your considerable dynamism, and make the club a magnet for professional writers.

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Barbara Rahm Jones
2/21/2012 12:20:01 pm

Great website. You are so inspiring. You help me see that I too can do things I never thought I could. Love your writing.

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