Psychologist and best-selling author Charles Garfield shares an
uplifting vision as he takes us on a journey of a lifetime.
Some of the most profound growth of our lives can happen in the home
stretch, the years after age sixty or so. It's a time when we can
finally crystallize the meaning of what we've been and done and fully
expand into the self we've always intended to be. But, says psychologist
Charles Garfield, that can only happen if we first loosen the grip of
the life we've led so far, the one that's been focused outwardly--on
activity, achievement, and the idea of success--and let our souls lead
the way.
In Our Wisdom Years, Dr. Garfield skillfully and practically guides
readers through nine tasks that can transform the struggles of aging,
bringing fulfillment, joy, and serenity. Drawing on the understandings
that come from both his work as acclaimed "success guru" in the 1980s
and the truths distilled from volunteering with those at the end of
life, Garfield offers a fresh, uplifting vision of the wholeness that
awaits us.
Dr. Garfield shares how we can gracefully let go of the younger selves
we've been and walk through the opening that keeps beckoning toward this
soul-driven version of later life. He encourages us to take the risk of
being fully alive as our years pass. This is no small task--aging is not
for the faint of heart! The beautiful paradox of growing older is that
none of the gifts of age are available without the kind of loss that
forces us to confront mortality in a way we can't deny. In the face of
loss, we're changed and expanded by truths that come from the heart, not
the mind. We learn that we're more than our bodies, part of something
much larger than we are, and that love and kindness matter most of all.
