As I watch our grandson become more alert, as I marvel at his first smiles, I realize, all over again, how much change is a part of life. Babies change weekly — no, daily! — and older children almost as quickly. But as we get older change becomes the enemy. The body fights it and the mind does, too.
So the question becomes, how to build change and challenge into life? Work provides this for me, but it won't always. Study seems like a perfect substitute: pushing the mind to new frontiers. Or at least that's the plan. As with so much these days, all I can say is ... we'll see ...