Looking the Other Way
As contrary as it may seem, it’s necessary
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” — Søren Kierkegaard, 1843
I’m a big fan of Doris Kearns Goodwin. She’s a historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Wait Till Next Year, Team of Rivals, and Leadership in Turbulent Times, among others.
I’ve been seeing and hearing her make the rounds on various podcasts and news shows as she talks about her latest book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, which is a skillful combination of biography, memoir, and history, and I think it provides some lessons for anyone interested in the present and future.
Why would reflecting on what happened some six decades ago matter to anyone today?
Aside from the lessons or parallels we might draw from that turbulent time, the journey itself fascinates me.
Doris…
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