The Lost Middle

Clint Haugen
Mar 6, 2024
1 min read

The elderly tell you not to get old, because it’s painful

And the kids tell you that they need to grow up as fast as they can, so they can have freedom.

And everyone in the middle seems so lost. . .

With their anxiety and ADHD

And with their depression and drugs

They are so worried

That they are on the wrong path

So eager

To be young again

Or so eager

To be retired

So eager

To be on vacation somewhere else. . .

Desperate to be anywhere else

Than where they presently are

What is this trap that so many fall into?

CH 3/6/24

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