The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (525 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1933346337 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 222 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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"One of the best books written!!!" according to Gary T.. Seldom would I rate a book so highly as "one of the best books written!!!" But this is no ordinary book, or for that matter, ordinary nun. In fact, you cannot figure out what religious background the writer has until she tells you at the very end, in the Acknowledgements section.Why is this book so good? It is littered with pearls of wisdom all over the place. Such insight! Since I read it on my Kindle DX, at least I didn't run out of ink underlining those pearls. That is how much I marked this book up! And this book will be good for a reading again every five years.If you are interested in making your "sen. "Too good to pass up!" according to Christine Voss. This book was chosen by our book club and we all throughly enjoyed it and purchased more to give as gifts! Highly recommend this book to anyone 60 up. My mother of 86 wished she would have had this sooner. Each chapter is a study on a particular topic with lessons to learn and working on a positive outlook concerning every aspect of aging.. Finally, an authentic voice B. J. Vicent Finally someone who thinks deeply about ageing in an ageist society brings up the spiritual dimensions of life after 65. The author eloquently states many of the feelings I have had in the last two years, but could not quite surface. I have given this book to friends and recommended it to others. She presents both the upside and the downside of the attitudes we entertain as we enter "retirement." She makes me feel positive about looking for the opportunities I now have when I don't have to support the status quo at work. I am moving on from my career, and the world had better look out! I am empowered, and t
Not only accepting but celebrating getting old, this inspirational and illuminating work looks at the many facets of the aging process, from purposes and challenges to struggles and surprises.
From Publishers Weekly Well-known in Catholic circles for her willingness to take on anybody-even the pope-in defense of women's rights, Chittister, now in her 70s, examines how it feels "to be facing that time of life for which there is no career plan." Clearly, getting older has not diminished the controversial nun, activist, lecturer and author of nearly 40 books on feminism, nonviolence and Benedictine wisdom. All rights reserved. . This collection of inspirational reflections, "not meant to be read in one sitting, or even in order, but one topic at a time," abounds in gentle insights and arresting aphorisms: "'Act your age' can be useful advice when you're seventeen; it's a mistake when you're seventy-seven." Beginning each short chapter with a trenchant quotation ("'It takes a long time,' Pablo Picasso wrote, 'to become