Aging can be a meaningful and rich path to mature spirituality, say Robert L. Weber, assistant professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, and Carol Orsborn, founder and editor of Fierce With Age: The Digest of Boomer Wisdom, Inspiration, and Spirituality. They have come up with 25 questions designed to help older people deal with the thorny aspects of growing older, such as loss and mortality.
Sharing their own and others’ stories, they emphasize both the shadow and the light sides of this journey in chapters on spiritual maturity, spiritual awakening, freedom, becoming more fully ourselves and the value of aging to society. We were also impressed with their “Twelve Exercises for Seekers” and their extensive list of resources for recommended reading (Park Street Press).
