Measure of My Days eBook Florida ScottMaxwell
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At eighty-two, Florida Scott-Maxwell felt impelled to write about her strong reactions to being old, and to the time in which we live. Until almost the end this document was not intended for anyone to see, but the author finally decided that she wanted her thoughts and feelings to reach others. Mrs. Scott-Maxwell writes “I was astonished to find how intensely one lives in one’s eighties. The last years seemed a culmination and by concentrating on them one became more truly oneself. Though old, I felt full of potential life. It pulsed in me even as I was conscious of shrinking into a final form which it was my task and stimulus to complete.”
The territory of the old is not Scott-Maxwell’s only concern. In taking the measure of the sum of her days as a woman of the twentieth century, she confronts some of the most disturbing conflicts of human nature—the need for differentiation as against equality, the recognition of the evil forces in our nature—and her insights are challenging and illuminating. The vision that emerges from her accumulated experience of life makes this a remarkable document that speaks to all ages.
Measure of My Days eBook Florida ScottMaxwell
This memoir was quite appropriate for me, seeing that she was 82 at the time of writing it, and I share that estimable age with her--altho she DOES come from an earlier era--and has a less outwardly involved life-style than mine---However, many of her observations hit home with me--about the disintegration of our outer selves, and the amazingly youthful inward energy we are still capable of---
Another point she makes is that a crucial task of aging is BALANCE--keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay & interessted enough, as well as STARKLY HONEST enough to remain a sentient human being--and of interest to other human beings!
My favorite thought was this one:
the long stretch of time we have lived gives us our viewpoint--we have watched generation after generation --and we see the same qualities in grandparents, parents, children working the same sad havoc--we saw the same wounds that we see now, caused in like manner long ago---
We would like to warn and teach, but we have learned it is almost useless.
anyway, this was a powerful 'notebook' for me, and it fits nicely into a collection of journals coafter a certain age--ncerning the meanng of life
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Measure of My Days eBook Florida ScottMaxwell Reviews
Florida Scott-Maxwell penned exquisite paragraphs of insights about age, aging and being human. This is a book to savor and to read many times.
Not a wasted word or thought. Lovely, thoughtful, honest writing that carefully measures a life and provokes much thought in the reader.
Interesting to read about the author's feelings about aging but she rambles on and on. It's sometimes difficult to get through.
I keep buying this one and end up giving it away. She was an incredible woman with an incredible story and her writings are brief and to the point. Thoughtful and provocative.
The writer was born Florida Piers into one of those British families who tried to settle in Florida. (Personal knowledge many of them tried growing oranges but were defeated by a series of cold winters in the late 1800s; they fled.) As a small child she encountered alligators and cotton-mouth moccasins; she survived, so the encounters are amusing rather than horrifying. This book is a summation of her long and productive life -- she was a playwright in the U.K. It is one of those books that are guideposts on the way to growing old. I had read it years ago and ordered a used copy to share with friends. So I am re-reading slowly and finding more in it this time around.
I'm getting to the age where I am experiencing the feeling of being invisible to the world. This book affirms that "I" exists and that while we old folks might all look the same to those who are younger, that great depth of thought and feeling can keep developing until the end.
I found this book from an article written by Parker Palmer in which he cited from her book, "you need only claim the events of your life to make yourself yours... My mother and my mother-in-law recently died at the age of 93 and 91 and I watched their slow demise from active women. Ms. Scott-Maxwell captures my own thoughts about aging, slowing down, becoming invisible yet defines life however inactive as enjoyment as accepting as oneself both successes and joys as well as failures and sadness. Her thoughts are a confirmation of my own thoughts and unspoken feelings as well as an inspiration for defining my future aging. Well worth the read. I know I will refer back to her musings for strength.
This memoir was quite appropriate for me, seeing that she was 82 at the time of writing it, and I share that estimable age with her--altho she DOES come from an earlier era--and has a less outwardly involved life-style than mine---
However, many of her observations hit home with me--about the disintegration of our outer selves, and the amazingly youthful inward energy we are still capable of---
Another point she makes is that a crucial task of aging is BALANCE--keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay & interessted enough, as well as STARKLY HONEST enough to remain a sentient human being--and of interest to other human beings!
My favorite thought was this one
the long stretch of time we have lived gives us our viewpoint--we have watched generation after generation --and we see the same qualities in grandparents, parents, children working the same sad havoc--we saw the same wounds that we see now, caused in like manner long ago---
We would like to warn and teach, but we have learned it is almost useless.
anyway, this was a powerful 'notebook' for me, and it fits nicely into a collection of journals coafter a certain age--ncerning the meanng of life
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