Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Fountain of Youth

top: a Ted Trimmer Sunset




"Haku" Lei (on the head)

Boundary. See it?





Strutting Egret (at the busy Hilton beachfront)






"I have the world's largest collection of seashells. I keep it on all the beaches of the world... perhaps you've seen it." - Steven Wright



"He who knows best knows how little he knows." - Thomas Jefferson



"I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other." - Rainer Maria Rilke

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CHILDLIKE TRAITS ARE THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH!

Here are the "childlike" traits that the late anthropologist Ashley Montagu claimed would preserve youthfulness in adults:

· The need for love
· Friendship
· Sensitivity
· The need to think soundly
· The need to know
· The need to learn
· The need to work
· The need to organize
· Curiosity
· A sense of wonder
· Playfulness
· Imagination
· Creativity
· Open-mindedness
· Flexibility
· Experimental-mindedness
· Explorativeness
· Resiliency
· A sense of humor
· Joyfulness
· Laughter and tears
· Optimism
· Honesty and trust
· Compassionate intelligence
· Dance
· Song
Source: "Growing Young" by Ashley Montagu (Bergin & Garvey, 1988).








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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 26, 2008 at 6:39 PM

    I want to grow young!

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  2. Barbara MartinNovember 26, 2008 at 11:23 PM

    I agree with Ashley Montagu, as a writer we need to have all those childlike traits to creat great works.

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  3. Sepiru ChrisNovember 27, 2008 at 12:49 AM

    To Ashley Montagu's list I would add an aversion to routine, or a willingness to leave the comfort of the known which, in my mind, are both slightly different from some of the other enumerated traits.

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  4. claudeNovember 27, 2008 at 2:20 AM

    Hello Cloudia ! Hello HawaÏ !
    Sorry no time enough this morning to try to translate what you have written (seems very interesting).
    Your first picture is very very beautiful. I had to clean the romm friends because this evening my cousin Françoise comes to visit me. Her name is Montagu!!!

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  5. CarverNovember 27, 2008 at 7:07 PM

    The sunset is stunning and all the shots are great. I liked the childhood traits.

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  6. laughingwolfNovember 27, 2008 at 7:34 PM

    all bloody brilliant, as my pals in ol blighty would say... thx cloudia

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  7. cherylNovember 27, 2008 at 9:43 PM

    I do believe I will live forever ! Wonderful Cloudia :)

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  8. Dave KingNovember 28, 2008 at 3:51 AM

    I'm happy with my collection of pebbles - I keep it where Steve Wright keeps his shells.

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  9. CloudiaNovember 28, 2008 at 3:56 PM

    Aloha Barbara: Your opinion carries weight here in the Spiral. Thanks for sharing!

    Chris: Yes! Aversion to empty routine married to love of it's better side . . .

    Bonjour Claude: Quel coincidence!

    Thanks, Carver ;-)

    Laughing Wolf! You so fascinating in your lupine magisty. . .

    You GO, I ponder!!

    Dave: Ah, you're a true collector!
    BTW my e-mails to you get bounced back. Thanks for visiting, Sir

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  10. DragonstarNovember 29, 2008 at 2:43 PM

    WOW! to that first photo - and yes, I see the boundary.

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