At the outset, I have to confess to being a huge Marianne Williamson fan. For at least the last fifteen years she has, through her writing and especially audio cassettes/CDs (her voice is so melodic and soothing), figuratively held my hand through so many of life's little challenges.
In this, her most recent book, she compares mid life to adolescence in such a poetic way. Medical advances have added approximately 15 years to the average American life, but not at end, in the middle. Don't skip the introduction....it has so many gems such as:
"But the point of a life journey isn't whether or not we've fallen down; it's whether or not we've learned how to get back up. Everyone falls because it's a fallen world. It's who gets up, and how they do it, that determines what happens next."
My favorite passage so far begins on page 28 and ends at the bottom of page 29.
The whole book is peppered with prayers and quotes (which I also love & will be devoting a forum to soon!) from other famous "thinkers". It's the type of book to read a bit of, set it aside, digest, and return to... grab yourself a copy and let me know what you think!