With that, Ben Lear noticed a small bit of food stuck to his father’s chin and reached over to wipe it away. “He’s 93 and I’m 27 and we can trade stories about, ‘Man, I just figured this thing out about myself the other day.’ We have a closer relationship now in the last four or five years than we had before.” “I think we’ve both reached levels of self-awareness that have allowed us to look at the past with totally clear eyes and have a really authentic relationship,” Ben Lear said. One of the great secrets is that the journey to adulthood never ends.” “Ben and I were both growing up at the same time. “In the course of writing my book, I went into therapy to help me dig as deep as I could and I grew up a lot,” Norman said.
Speedboat or no speedboat, as the years have passed, Norman and Ben Lear have found deeper ways to commune with each other. “I remember thinking, ‘Man, I wish my dad drove a speedboat and took us inner-tubing and stuff.’ But then I’d quickly come back around to: Would I trade it? And the answer was always no.” “I have a cousin who’s the same age as me, and my uncle would be like, ‘Let’s hop in the speedboat and we’ll jet ski,’ ” he said. That’s not to say Ben wasn’t keenly aware growing up that he had an elderly dad. So I was kind of growing up with my kids.” If I’m with a 6-year-old, that’s the level I’m dealing with. “I feel I’m the peer of whoever I’m talking to. “I didn’t feel my age at all – I didn’t think I was 66 the way I hear other people who are turning 60 carry on,” said the elder Lear. Lyn has been a Trustee of the Board of Directors of the Sundance Institute for ten years.
So I was kind of growing up with my kids. I feel I’m the peer of whoever I’m talking to.
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