Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART ONE: RITES OF PASSAGE

1. The First Taste of Aging

2. Old Bodies, Young Souls

3. The Passages of Life

PART TWO: BECOMING A DEEPER PERSON AS YOU AGE

4. Melancholy: A Way to Happiness

5. Processing Life Experiences

6. The Maturing of Sexuality

PART THREE: IMAGINE AGING DIFFERENTLY

7. Illness as an Initiation

8. Kindly Curmudgeons

9. Play, Work, Retire

PART FOUR: OPEN YOUR HEART TO THE FUTURE

10. Being Fulfilled as an Elder

11. Legacy: The Future of Your Life Experiment

12. Transforming Loneliness

PART FIVE: THE SPIRITUALITY OF AGING

13. Friendship and Community

14. The Angel of Old Age

15. Living with Dying

Conclusion: Let Things Take Their Course

Notes

Index

Books by Thomas Moore

About the Author

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