The Organization of the Rules for Aging
...vious points and lastly adds “It doesn’t matter.”(Rosenblatt 50) Therefore you can either save yourself the trouble of having an ulcer at thirty from work related stress or you can fill yourself to the brim with anxiety and you will still be standing in the same shoes you were destined to when you’re a golden oldie. He says “I promise you: nobody is thinking about you. They are thinking about themselves, just like you.”(Rosenblatt 18) “A right-handed player will improve his game considerably if he learns to dribble and shoot with his left hand, and to move to his left on the court. But this is true only for basketball, not for living.”(Rosenblatt 21) and in regards to giving criticism “When the muse of candor whispers in your ear, swat it, take a long walk, a cold shower, and clear your head.”(Rosenblatt 42) All of these statements are true. Yet these are necessary actions of our human nature. We will always try to improve weaknesses attempting to close in on perfection. We will always criticize others as a universal payback to the guy that criticized us so long ago, and more than likely its true that people really are completely self-obsessed. While someone’s spending their time thinking about how good their hair looks, every other person in the room is concerned-with how their hair looks. Rosenblatt see...