Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-383) and index.
Contents
Foreword: Meeting the shadow of age / Harry R. Moody -- Prologue: A letter to my fellow travelers in late life -- Introduction: Age is our curriculum -- Aging from the inside out -- The three portals of age -- Meeting ageism from the inside out and the outside in -- Retirement as a divine messenger -- Life-changing illness as divine messenger -- A review of your lived and unlived life -- Emotional and creative repair to release the past and live in the present -- Spiritual repair to reimagine our beliefs and reclaim our practices -- Elder with a thousand faces -- Elder wisdom and the call to age into awakening -- Elder activism and the call to serve something larger than ourselves -- Moving toward a completed life -- Reimagining death as the last rite -- Epilogue: A legacy letter to the grandchildren.
Summary
"A guide to working through the inner obstacles of late life and embracing the spiritual gifts of aging"-- Provided by publisher.
