Do I have Time Enough for Love ?
6 min readAug 8, 2021
Lessons from the novel by Robert J. Heinlein
It is hard to believe, but I am 70 years old. That means seven decades of life experience. I have seen birth. I have seen death. I have experienced love. I have experienced loss. When you live long enough, you see those you love pass away, and yet you go on. Sometimes you wonder if you will live long enough to lose everyone you ever cared about. That is why I keep thinking about Robert Heinlein’s novel Time Enough for Love. It is my favorite fiction book. It remains my favorite not just due to Heinlein’s prescience, but because…
