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I was ready to give up when Esther suggested that I read Terrence Real’s book I Don’t Want to Talk About It, a groundbreaking treatise on the roots of male depression. Once I started, I could not put it down. It was almost creepy that this guy seemed to be writing about me, despite never having met me. His main thesis is that with women, depression is generally overt, or obvious, but men are socialized to conceal their depression, channeling it inward or into other emotions, such as anger, without ever wanting to discuss it. (Hence the title.) I could relate to the stories that he shared about his patients.
“To not pay too much attention to what’s worked before,” Rosanne Cash insisted, “but to keep pushing and digging and exploring and following instincts about what’s next. That’s the sole motivation of an artist. I can’t even imagine that Bruce would have gone, ‘Oh, I’ve got to follow up “Hungry Heart.” That’s a good formula, let me keep doing that.’ That’s not what a real artist does. In fact, that’s killed a lot of people. Eventually, it’s death to any authentic impulse to create art. And I don’t think Springsteen would’ve ever fallen prey to that. So, no, in that sense Nebraska didn’t surprise me.”
Deliver Me From Nowhere
Warren Zanes
Companionship, mutuality of goals, sexuality, and supportive endeavors are great possibilities in any relationship, but when we learn that engagement of the soul’s agenda is our real task, that this journey is our real home, then we’ll see that how we use relationship will either serve, or hinder, that prospect. Accepting the journey as our home will free the relationship to serve the agenda of life, the agenda of growth, and the agenda of the soul. When we have accepted this journey, truly accepted it, we will be flooded with a strong, supportive energy that carries us through all the dark places. For this energy we have an appropriate word. It is called love. It is love not only of the other, but love of this life, this journey, and love of this task of soul.
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life
James Hollis
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