{"product_id":"0385009186-aging_the_fulfillment_of_life","title":"Aging: The Fulfillment of Life","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe are all aging. We are each a spoke on the great wheel of life, part of the ongoing cycle of growth. In \u003ci\u003eAging\u003c\/i\u003e, Henri J.M. Nouwen and Walter J. Gaffney share some moving and inspirational thoughts on what aging means (and \u003ci\u003ecan\u003c\/i\u003e mean) to all of us, whether we're in our youth, middle age, or later years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnhanced 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 \u003ci\u003eus\u003c\/i\u003e repair the fragmented connections between generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAging\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReligion \u0026amp; Spirituality\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReligious Studies\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003ePsychology\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Image","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":48166023889086,"sku":"0385009186-4","price":12.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81XcgEGtrJL.jpg?v=1784127612","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0385009186-aging_the_fulfillment_of_life","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}