The Inside of Aging - 9857

The Inside of Aging is a series of short essays on how it feels to get old. How different does the world look? What new vistas show themselves? Who and what matters to you? As Tim Stafford writes: I think I was in my fifties when I became aware of a shoreline. It was over the horizon, out of sight. The realization of its existence came unexpectedly, revealing itself so gradually, so undramatically that I hardly knew that something new had entered my life. I could smell the sea, but nothing in my line of sight betrayed it. I saw no cliffs, heard no breakers. Nevertheless, I knew the shoreline was there even if I couldn’t see exactly where. I was coming to a limit, a place where I could go no farther. Near the shoreline, you discover a subtly different life. Not only are you more aware of limits, but a new set of characters appears. Old friends are still your old friends, but other people emerge to become, frankly, more important to you. Aging brings new understandings, new relationships, and a new sense of self. It includes losses and disappointments—many of them. Not everything is a loss, however. New possibilities and new capabilities may arise. The inside of aging is a new country.
ASIN: B0CS6VPQ2F
VSKU: BVV.B0CS6VPQ2F.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Stafford, Tim
Binding: Paperback