OPINION:
When I was a college student, the most impressive thing I learned was in a philosophy course. The professor told us that a philosopher by the name of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was well-known for saying that, at present, humankind is at the emotional, mental/psychological and spiritual developmental level of a 12-year-old child, but would one-day evolve into “adulthood.”
When I look around and see how we now often mistreat each other in our country, this observation really speaks to me. And I say this in realization that I, too, am one of the 12-year-olds.
With all of the heartaches and losses each of us experiences in our lives, we should try to turn to each other rather than on each other.
STEWART B. EPSTEIN
Rochester, N.Y.
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