During time thinking about the Stages of Life as Pilgrimage I came across a number of cartoons and illustrations which set out to illustrate this using a very different approach to mine. My thanks to the originators as well as to the numerous blogs where I viewed them before choosing a small number that I felt I could show on this blog!

And just to balance the blatant male bias in these illustrations, here’s one designed by a woman:

Apologies for the lack of any specific credits. Will be happy to rectify this if you get in touch.