Weareallaging.Weareeachaspokeonthegreatwheeloflife,partoftheongoingcycleofgrowth.InAging,HenriJ.M.NouwenandWalterJ.Gaffneysharesomemovingandinspirationalthoughtsonwhatagingmeans(andcanmean)toallofus,whetherwe’reinouryouth,middleage,orlateryears.Enhancedbysomeeighty-fivephotographsdepictingvariousscenesfromlifeandnature,thisbookshowshowtomakethelateryearsasourceofhoperatherthanatimeofloneliness--awayoutofdarknessintothelight.“Aging,“theauthorswrite,“isnotareasonfordespair,butabasisofhope,notaslowdecaying,butagradualmaturing,notafatetobeundergonebutachancetobeembraced.“Andtheyremindusofourresponsibilitytoincorporatetheagedintothefabricofourownlives--helpingthembecometeachersagainsotheymayhelpusrepairthefragmentedconnectionsbetweengenerations.Agingshowsusallhowtostartfulfillingourlivesbygivingtoothers,“sothatwhenweleavethisworld,wecanbewhatwehavegiven.“Itisawarm,beautiful,andcaringbook:asimplereaffirmationofthepromiseofHim,whobyHisaginganddeathbroughtnewlifetothisworld.
