On the brink of everything : grace, gravity, and getting old / Parker J. Palmer.

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Palmer, Parker J

Material type: Text

TextSeries: BK life bookPublication details: Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2018]Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 198 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781523095445
152309544X
9781523095452
1523095458
9781523095476
1523095474

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: On the Brink of Everything : Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old.DDC classification:

155.67/19 23

LOC classification:

BJ1589 .P35 2018eb

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SEL005000 | SEL016000

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Contents:

With gratitude -- Prelude -- The view from the brink: what I can see from here -- Young and old: the dance of the generations -- Getting real: from illusion to reality -- Work and vocation: writing a life -- Keep reaching out: staying engaged with the world -- Keep reaching in: staying engaged with your soul -- Over the edge: where we go when we die -- Postlude.

Summary: On the Brink of Everything is an exploration of Parker Palmer's experience of living and aging, written in hopes of encouraging readers of every age to explore their life course. It is not a "guide to" or "handbook" for "getting old"--Something all of us are doing all the time. Instead it's a set of meditations in prose and poetry that turn the prism on the meaning(s) of one's life--and on the importance of staying meaningfully engaged with life until the end. From beginning to end the book is packed with both humor and gravitas.

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On the Brink of Everything is an exploration of Parker Palmer's experience of living and aging, written in hopes of encouraging readers of every age to explore their life course. It is not a "guide to" or "handbook" for "getting old"--Something all of us are doing all the time. Instead it's a set of meditations in prose and poetry that turn the prism on the meaning(s) of one's life--and on the importance of staying meaningfully engaged with life until the end. From beginning to end the book is packed with both humor and gravitas.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196).

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