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to run out of energy. “In physics,” says McGinnis, “the
law of entropy says that all systems, left unattended,
will run down. Unless new energy is pumped in, the
organism will disintegrate.”
Pessimists don’t want to plan for renewal, because
they don’t think there should have to be any. Pessimists
are all-or-nothing thinkers. They’re always offended
when the world is not perfect. They think taking a step
backward means something negative about the whole
project. “If this were a good marriage, we wouldn’t have
to rekindle the romance,” a pessimist would say, dis-
missing the idea of taking a second honeymoon.
But an optimist knows that there will be ups and
downs. And an optimist isn’t scared or discouraged by
the downs. In fact, an optimist plans for the downs, and
prepares creative ways to deal with them.
You can schedule your own comebacks. You can look
ahead on your calendar and block out time to refresh
and renew and recover. Even if you feel very “up” right
now, it’s smart to plan for renewal. Schedule your own
comeback while you’re on top. Build in big periods of
time to get away—even to get away from what you love.
If you catch yourself thinking that you are too old to
do something you want to do, recognize that you are
now listening to the pessimistic voice inside of you.
It is not the voice of truth.
You can talk back. You can remind the voice of all
the people in life who have started their lives over again
at any age they wanted to. John Housman, the Emmy
award-winning actor in The Paper Chase, started act-
ing professionally when he was in his 70s.
I had a friend named Art Hill, who spent most of his
life in advertising. In his heart, however, he always
wanted to be a writer. So in his late 50s, he wrote two
books that got published by a small publishing house in