despair – Warp and Woof

Link from New York Times

Sometimes, it’s the old guys who are needed to get the job done. Here is a case illustrating Erik Erikson’s batle between “ego integrity” and “despair”. This Texas PBS commentator was 70 years old, not worried about job security, only about personal integrity!

Poetic Elegance of Erik Erikson, p.2

(continued from p.1) 5. Tension: identity vs. role confusion (virtue = “fidelity”) … the big adolescent tension, who am I? But, don’t we all continue to be confrontedContinue reading “Poetic Elegance of Erik Erikson, p.2”