Creative Aging

Rethinking Retirement and Non-Retirement in a Changing World

Marjory Zoet Bankson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2010
SkyLight Paths Publishing,US (Verlag)
978-1-59473-281-2 (ISBN)

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Explores the spiritual dimensions of retirement and aging and offers creative ways for you to share your gifts and experience, particularly when retirement leaves you questioning who you are when you are no longer defined by your career.

Individually and culturally, we are at a crossroads in how we view ageing and retirement. The traditional image of a quiet, laid-back retirement is shifting. Many approaching retirement age are realising they will need to work longer than they had expected. At the same time, many are looking for ways they can offer their gifts and experience in a meaningful way. Marjory Zoet Bankson proposes that, if our older years are to have meaning and purpose, we need to address two key questions: "What is my unique gift?" and "What is my legacy?" In CREATIVE AGING, Bankson explores the spiritual dimension of discovering our unique answers and offers creative ways to nourish our calling, particularly where society does not yet have the organizational structures to support these productive energies.

Illustrated by stories of people who have reinvented their lives as they age, the book is organised around Bankson's cycle of call:

Resist: Feeling lost in a new terrain
Reclaim: Discovering gifts I've put aside or neglected
Revelation: Seeing my piece of a larger picture
Cross-over: Joining inner and outer worlds
Risk: Going public with a new venture
Relate: Finding or creating structures for flexible participation
Release: Offering service for the common good

Marjory Zoet Bankson, an artist and spiritual guide, is author of The Soulwork of Clay: A Hands-On Approach to Spirituality and Creative Aging: Rethinking Retirement and Non-Retirement in a Changing World (both SkyLight Paths) and many other books. Former president of Faith At Work (now called Lumunos) and editor of Faith@Work magazine for over twenty years, she now travels nationally to offer retreats and workshops. She currently teaches on spiritual companionship at Washington National Cathedral, the Servant Leadership School, and Virginia Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Making the Extra Years Count 1

1.WHAT NOW?
Rethinking Aging 7

2. RELEASE
The Inner Work of Leaving 23

3. RESISTANCE
Moving Beyond Security 41

4. RECLAIMING
Riches from the Past 55

5. REVELATION
Where Does Newness Come From? 71

6. CROSSING POINT
Joining Inner and Outer Worlds 87

7. RISK
Beginning Again with More Focus 101

8. RELATING
Finding the Right Form for Now 117

Epilogue: Living Wholeheartedly 133
Suggestions for Further Reading 137

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.5.2010
Verlagsort	Woodstock
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
ISBN-10	1-59473-281-7 / 1594732817
ISBN-13	978-1-59473-281-2 / 9781594732812
Zustand	Neuware