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...influence on thinkers like Jacobs than it does into Lewis himself. “The Narnian” portrays Lewis as a man defined by his imagination and his inward life. Jacobs seeks to understand the mind behind the stories rather than the biographical minutiae of Lewis’ outward life, relying often on letters and close readings of Lewis’ texts. He names “[his] belief that Lewis’ mind was above all characterized by a willingness to be enchanted” as the cornerstone of his analysis. Yet Jacobs is an apologist as well...
...first time I ever felt like I lacked something,” she said. “My mind was constantly moving outward because I felt as though I had to please others in order...
...mask the outward signs of the process or try to keep up old routines in spite of it, but we cannot change the fact that we are all moving toward physical change. The best we can do--and it is a lot--is to accept the inevitability of aging and try to adapt to it, to be in the best health we can at any age. To my mind the denial of aging and the attempt to fight it are counterproductive, a failure to understand and accept an important aspect of our existence. Such attitudes are major obstacles to aging...
...medicine. This is apparent not just in the use of senior bodybuilders as models of healthy aging but in the prominent inclusion of cosmetic surgery in the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine's conferences and publications. To my mind, all this represents attempts to deny or mask the outward signs of aging. It is nonacceptance of aging--one of the great obstacles to doing it gracefully...
...During her 2004 freshman season, Scherf focused her energies on breaking records, but did so with an outward sense of ease...