This submit was impressed by the e book Ageing as a Religious Observe: A Contemplative Information to Rising Older and Wiser, by Lewis Richmond. Ageing may cause us to really feel diminished. We are able to lose bodily capability, infirmities can begin creeping in, and our sense of self-worth can decline in retirement if our work had equipped a great deal of the which means in our lives. However it isn’t all unfavorable. Some individuals take the chance to re-invent themselves or pursue self-growth by varied transformative practices. That is the primary theme of this e book, which I extremely suggest to anybody sensing Father Time peeking over their shoulders.
Lewis factors out that individuals can reply to getting old in unhelpful methods like fear or denial, after which provides inspiring accounts of those that age extra efficiently by reacting in optimistic methods. He’s a Buddhist meditation instructor and offers varied helpful methods to make use of this time of our lives for self-growth. He additionally has overcome critical well being challenges in his personal life.
My important method to getting old is motivated by the need to indicate that lots of the bodily declines of getting old will be prevented or at the very least delayed by optimistic life-style measures like staying lively and consuming a nutritious diet, as I mentioned right here. However decline nonetheless finally comes and to be in denial of this isn’t useful. I’ve had to surrender varied actions I get pleasure from, like operating and basketball. However retirement has additionally given me extra time to pursue my remaining bodily actions vigorously, in addition to take necessary practices like meditation and yoga extra significantly. This e book provides me encouragement to proceed to take action.
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