Jewish Wisdom for Growing Older Finding Your Grit and Grace Beyond Midlife [Hardcover]

Growing Older Can Be a Time of Growing in Depth and Wisdom

My sense is that the whole journey beyond midlife is a mysterious blend of light and dark, wholeness and fragility&. We have a chance beyond midlife to become the person we were truly meant to be. We can draw on everything we have experienced so far to contribute to the people around us and the wider world, and to find strength and resilience amid the challenges.
from the Introduction

Whether you are fifty-five or seventy-five, approaching retirement or age one hundred, growing older brings remarkable opportunities but often also wrenching difficulties. Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, a pioneer in reinventing and revaluing aging, mines ancient Jewish wisdom for values, tools and precedents to frame new callings and beginnings, shifting family roles, and experiences of illness and death.

For seekers of all faiths, for individuals and groups, for personal use and caregiving settings, Rabbi Friedman offers inspiration and guidance to help you make greater meaning and flourish amid the daunting challenges of aging.

[This] is much more than a book that provides practical guidance and insights.... It is also a work of rare understanding, sensitivity, patience and kindness on the limitations of the human condition that will reward old and young alike.
Rabbi David Ellenson, chancellor emeritus, Hebrew Union CollegeJewish Institute of Religion

[A] straightforward, clear-eyed, genuinely helpful guide for growing older.... Reading it is a pleasure and the message it delivers is potent medicine with a sweet aftertaste.
Sylvia Boorstein, author,Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life

A spiritual gem, filled with wisdom, a complex blend of realism and hopefulness. I know I will read this book againperhaps many timesand will share it with people I love.