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In her breakthrough generational memoir, Boomer expert Carol
Orsborn relates the ups and downs of a tumultuous year spent
facing, busting, and ultimately triumphing over the stereotypes of
growing old. Along the way, she nurtures a love-starved friend
through a doomed affair with a younger man, wrestles with the
meaning of an exploding fish, and regains her passion for life at
the side of her squirrel-crazed dog, Lucky.
The message is as deep as it is engaging. In Carol's own words, "
"Plummet into aging, stare mortality in the eye, surrender
everything and what else is there left to fear? The way is
perilous, danger on all sides. But we can be part of a generation
no longer afraid of age. We are becoming, instead, a generation
fierce with age.""
As we enter the years beyond midlife, our quest for an approach to
aging takes on added urgency and becomes even more relevant in our
daily lives. Empowering a new generation of seekers to view aging
as a spiritual path, authors Robert Weber and Carol Orsborn reveal
that it is by engaging with the difficult questions about loss,
meaning, and mortality--questions we can no longer put off or
ignore--that we continue to grow. In fact, the realization of our
full spiritual potential comes about not by avoiding the challenges
aging brings our way but by working through them. Addressing
head-on how to make the transition from fears about aging into a
fuller, richer appreciation of the next phase of our lives, the
authors guide you through 25 key questions that can help you
embrace the shadow side of aging as well as the spiritual
opportunities inherent in growing older. Sharing their stories and
wisdom to both teach and demonstrate what it means to feel
energized about the possibilities of your later years, they explore
how to find a constructive role for regret, shame, and guilt,
realize your value to society, and embrace the freedom of your
later years to become more fully yourself. Coming from Catholic
Jesuit and Jewish backgrounds respectively, as well as drawing from
the latest research in psychological and religious theory, Weber
and Orsborn provide their own conversational and candid answers to
the 25 key questions, supporting their insightful and compassionate
guidance with anecdotes, inspirational readings, and spiritual
exercises. By engaging deeply with both the shadow and light sides
of aging, our spirits not only learn to cope--but also to soar.
Life is a tricky, often difficult journey, so few qualities are
more important to our health and peace of mind than resilience of
spirit. Carol Orsborn, an internationally recognized businesswoman,
theologian, and motivational speaker, has created an inspiring
guide to one hundred different ways to find wisdom and strength in
an uncertain world. Her stories, anecdotes, and practical
advice--inspired by the teachings of spiritual masters from both
Eastern and Western traditions--are guaranteed to help anyone learn
to rebound gracefully and productively when up against forces that
are beyond our control. Each practical tip, each seed of wisdom, is
encased in a one- or two-page story that's touching or humorous or
thought provoking.
"The Art of Resilience" is for anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed
by disappointment, illness, or loss. It is a book that offers hope
and comfort and reminds us, in ways both large and small, that we
must move through and beyond disappointment to find our God-given
capacity for love and joy.
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