a friend of mine asked me what my favorite age was, either for myself or for raising my children.

i answered : IN BETWEEN

Because i love the process of growth. see, its not so much the plateau, the year, the ability, the freedom, the intelligence, the fun,the control or the lack of difficulty that i seek, but the process of going from one to the other.

i find it interesting that people love:
heros
overcomers
winners
successes
intimacy
romance
rags to riches
underdogs
bootstrap stories
the mighty ducks
disney movies

we love to hear the story of the one who started low, and ended high.
we dream romantic dreams of being one of “those” heros.
we long for intimacy
we value the athlete who overcame a weakness above the one with natural talent.

yet we so often live our daily life rushing thru process ourselves. impatiently rushing to the next….anything.
looking at the next step so much that we miss the one we are on.

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