Aging

We are all aging. We are each a spoke on the great wheel of life, part of the ongoing cycle of growth. In *Aging*, Henri J.M. Nouwen and Walter J. Gaffney share some moving and inspirational thoughts on what aging means (and *can* mean) to all of us, whether we're in our youth, middle age, or later years.  
  
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. "Aging," the authors write, "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." 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 *us* repair the fragmented connections between generations.  
  
*Aging* shows us all how to start fulfilling our lives by giving to others, "so that when we leave this world, we can be what we have given." 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.Read less