“Crossing the Bridge into the Second Half of Life” by Christina Becker

The Initiation into the Second Half of Life

The road that would take us to the top of the mountain in Southern India was very narrow and winding. I felt a mixture of awe and anxiety as the bus driver swerved around the sharp turns avoiding oncoming traffic. This road could not possibly accommodate two directions; miraculously it did. Outside of my bus window, a hillside tea plantation stretched for as far as the eye could see. Women carried large woven baskets which hung from their heads and were harvesting the tea leaves

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