Comments on: Gifted and creative but: Seventy going on Seven

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:32:37 +0000

Interesting insight – but I see this kind of behavior in all kinds of people – from top executives to mail room clerks – it depends on the situation – people can surprise you with their wisdom and surprise you again with their immaturity – but what is immaturity? To whom is it immature? Isn’t it all just stress reactions and mostly, the levels of stress? Different people react quite differently – in a non-emergency, some can be quite calm; in a dire emergency, unexpectedly, they completely fall apart. Others who seem imbalanced can be quite calm and rational in acute situations yet “crazy” in completely normal situations.

I have real problem with emotional maturity as a concept because all people can be all things depending on the situations they can either handle or not.

By: Christopher J. Coulson

Christopher J. Coulson — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:16:26 +0000

That’s kind of you Graham, but beatification? I’m not so sure I’d want it. The man I’m named after had to lose his head before he was so ‘honored’. Mind you, they did tempt him with “two fair women” first . . .

By: Graham COULSON

Graham COULSON — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:33:38 +0000

Inch by inch (or perhaps in this metric age that should be millimeter by millimeter !), your brilliantly illuminating articles will help (for FREE) to build a world of greater understanding and tolerance, both of our own selves and of our fellows — a knighthood would not be enough … what then; beatification ?!! Ah yes, Saint Christopher; of course, the patron of all travellers along life’s bumpy road.

A heart-felt thank-you for your excellent and insightful posts.