An exercise to keep a sharp mind!

They label this an Anti-Alzheimer exercise to keep a sharp mind! Fascinating!

       
CAN YOU SEE 10 FACES IN THIS TREE?
 
 

     
     
        
         
THERE'S A FACE IN HERE. CAN YOU SEE IT? 
 
 
 

     
     
       
        
       
        CAN YOU SEE THE BABY? 
 
 
 

     
     
       
        
         
CAN YOU SEE THE KISSING COUPLE? 
 
 

     
     
     
      


CAN YOU SEE THE THREE WOMEN? 
      

At which stage of life are you according to Erik Erikson?

Erik Erikson (a psychologist who studied with Freud) proposed a theory of psychosocial development that describes  tasks to be accomplished at different stages of life. He offered a basic framework for understanding the needs of young people in relation to the society in which they grow, learn, and later make their contributions. His psychosocial theory emphasises the emergence of the self, the search for identity, the individual's relationships with others, and the role of culture throughout life. He regarded development to be an interdependent series of stages, each with its particular goals, concerns, accomplishments, and dangers. A suggestion of a developmental crisis in the individual's life brings conflict between positive and potentially unhealthy alternatives. The way in which the individual resolves each crisis influences resolution of future crisis and has a lasting effect on that person's self-image and view of society (Woolfolk, 2010).

There are eight stages or as he calls them 'the eight ages of man', from pre-school to elementary and middle school to beyond the school years.

I want to remind my fellow graduating mates that they are going to contend with stage 6 to stage 8 and I wish them luck in their future endevours:

Stage 6 - Intimacy versus isolation - young adulthood - love relationships
               The young adult must develop intimate relationships or suffer feelings of isolation;

Stage 7 - Generativity versus stagnation - middle adulthood - parenting/mentoring
               Each adult must find some way to satisfy and support the next generation;

Stage 8 - Ego versus despair - late adulthood - reflection on and acceptance of one's life
               The culmination is a sense of acceptance of oneself and a sense of fulfillment.

(Taken from Educational Psychology, Anita Woolfolk, Eleventh Edition, Pearson).

I am at the glorious Stage 8 and it is really all coming together for me. I am enjoying life. I have had all my dreams come true and am proud to have been part of the Cornerstone Institute family where grace and blessings follow you with each E-mail they send you.

May God's grace and blessings be upon you and yours!