The Managing Generation

In this chapter, as elsewhere in the book, the younger people and the older people referred to are those of us who are on the whole reasonably fit, reasonably comfortable, who are not invalids, who are not overwhelmed by personal or social difficulties. This has to be made clear for two reasons: first, most people are reasonably all right most of the time; second, just because they are not in any dire predicament does not mean that these people do not merit some thought and some encouragement to make their life and relationships more rewarding.