Aging
Author: Nouwen, Henri
ISBN: 9780385009188
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Jan 1986
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;pPgt;We are all aging. We are each a spoke on the great wheel of life, part of the ongoing cycle of growth. In Plt;iPgt;AgingPlt;/iPgt;, Henri J.M. Nouwen and Walter J. Gaffney share some moving and inspirational thoughts on what aging means (and Plt;iPgt;canPlt;/iPgt; mean) to all of us, whether weP#39;re in our youth, middle age, or later years.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Enhanced by some eighty-five photographs depicting various scenes from life and nature, this book shows how to make the later years a source of hope rather than a time of loneliness -- a way out of darkness into the light. Pquot;Aging,Pquot; the authors write, Pquot;is not a reason for despair, but a basis of hope, not a slow decaying, but a gradual maturing, not a fate to be undergone but a chance to be embraced.Pquot; And they remind us of our responsibility to incorporate the aged into the fabric of our own lives -- helping them become teachers again so they may help Plt;iPgt;usPlt;/iPgt; repair the fragmented connections between generations.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;AgingPlt;/iPgt; shows us all how to start fulfilling our lives by giving to others, Pquot;so that when we leave this world, we can be what we have given.Pquot; It is a warm, beautiful, and caring book: a simple reaffirmation of the promise of Him, who by His aging and death brought new life to this world.Plt;/pPgt;
ISBN: 9780385009188
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Jan 1986
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;pPgt;We are all aging. We are each a spoke on the great wheel of life, part of the ongoing cycle of growth. In Plt;iPgt;AgingPlt;/iPgt;, Henri J.M. Nouwen and Walter J. Gaffney share some moving and inspirational thoughts on what aging means (and Plt;iPgt;canPlt;/iPgt; mean) to all of us, whether weP#39;re in our youth, middle age, or later years.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Enhanced by some eighty-five photographs depicting various scenes from life and nature, this book shows how to make the later years a source of hope rather than a time of loneliness -- a way out of darkness into the light. Pquot;Aging,Pquot; the authors write, Pquot;is not a reason for despair, but a basis of hope, not a slow decaying, but a gradual maturing, not a fate to be undergone but a chance to be embraced.Pquot; And they remind us of our responsibility to incorporate the aged into the fabric of our own lives -- helping them become teachers again so they may help Plt;iPgt;usPlt;/iPgt; repair the fragmented connections between generations.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;AgingPlt;/iPgt; shows us all how to start fulfilling our lives by giving to others, Pquot;so that when we leave this world, we can be what we have given.Pquot; It is a warm, beautiful, and caring book: a simple reaffirmation of the promise of Him, who by His aging and death brought new life to this world.Plt;/pPgt;
