Most women have learned a great deal about how to set goals for our First Adulthood and how to roll with the punches when we hit a rough passage. But we're less prepared for our Second Adulthood as we approach life after retirement, where there are no fixed entrances or exits, and lots of sand into which it is easy to bury our heads.
More Quotes by Gail Sheehy
The delights of self-discovery are always available.
When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.
I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing.
Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on.