Sections
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In human lives, discontinuities are of two sorts. The first sort of discontinuity is tragic: the promising youth ends up surprisingly dysfunctional; the already vulnerable but loving mother loses her only child as a result of leukemia. From this first sort of discontinuity we learn little that we did not already know. We all know that Humpty Dumpty can fall off a wall and be shattered beyond repair. The second sort of discontinuity has more to teach us: the traumatized veteran becomes a loving and creative success, and the child who seemed to have no clear chance in life actually turns out quite well. We have much to learn from once fragmented “Humpty Dumpties” who, 10—or even 40—years later, become whole.
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