The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully
by Joan Chittister
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Book Reviews of The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully
Book Review: Finally, an authentic voice
Summary: 5 Stars
Finally someone who thinks deeply about ageing in an ageist society brings up the spiritual dimensions of life after 65. The author eloquently states many of the feelings I have had in the last two years, but could not quite surface. I have given this book to friends and recommended it to others. She presents both the upside and the downside of the attitudes we entertain as we enter "retirement." She makes me feel positive about looking for the opportunities I now have when I don't have to support the status quo at work. I am moving on from my career, and the world had better look out! I am empowered, and that's a dangerous attitude for an old lady to have. If you are in the range of age 65, you need this book.Book Review: An Empowering Book for People over 60
Summary: 5 Stars
I found The Gift of Years by Joan Chittister an empowering book. For many people, retirement proves to be a difficult transition. When we give up the work that has given our lives purpose for so many years, we are suddenly faced with a lot of time and many choices of how to use it. As our bodies age and we are no longer able to do all the things we could do when we were younger, we begin to feel that life is closing in on us. In the Gift of Years, Joan Chittister shows us the possibilities that come with aging. She urges us to develop new interests, travel to places where we have never been and savor every moment that we have. Surely this is the secret to staying young at heart and living life to its fullest.Book Review: Coming to Terms with Aging
Summary: 5 Stars
I opened this book with some trepedation. I am not getting any younger although I am not ready to stop living. I don't like to think of myself as old, outdated or useless. Joan Chittister brushes all these fears aside for me and helps me concentrate on what I have learned, how to use it and what place there is for me now in the world. She also reminded me that I no longer have the obligations I once did and am now free to live life as I choose without so many repercussions. I found it a very liberating book and would recommend it to anyone faced with what to make of their later years. Brava, Joan!
Joe Langen, Author of Navigating Life: Commonsense Reflections for the Voyage.
Book Review: Keep this one under your pillow
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is a keeper. All my friends love Joan Chittister's intelligence, wit, courage, and style, so we read her books and pass them around. This one will not leave my bedroom. Because each chapter is a nearly self-contained, succinct, fascinating reflection full of surprising insights and good questions about aging, I tuck it under the pillow to read a bit just before I turn out the light. Each little essay is re-readable, and like Shakespeare's plays, keeps giving new insights with each reading. I go happily to sleep pondering something better than my aching bones, so I save on Tylenol. That's the gift of Sister Joan!Book Review: Women in Theaology Choice
Summary: 5 Stars
When my Women in Theaology group began reading this book (and yes, we spell Theology in the feminine) I saw delight and happiness in the members as we came to the table bi weekly to discuss Sr. Joan's book. Our back ground is ecumenical, eclectic and when discussing Gift of Years became electric as the enthusiasm and self realization passed from one to another. Would that others in our small MidWstern town be led to the self wonder and wisdom this book imparts! Sometimes I think that if I had to spend the rest of my life with but one group, it would be Women in Theaology -- Reading this book together confirms this!