"By middle age, people have gotten from the outside world just about all they can," says Lu. "What they haven't attained yet they probably won't attain ever, so it's not worth getting all worked up about it. This is the time of life when the doubts set in." Many middle-aged people begin to ask themselves, "Is this really what I want?
「中年以後，外界能夠給的差不多都給了，求不得的也再奢求無益，這時候疑問來了，」呂麗絲說，許多中年人於是自問，「這些真是我要的嗎？」