Embracing Wisdom: Soaring In the Second Half of Life

by Malka Drucker, Nadya Gross

Here is the first handbook to help you discover how to access the secrets of the second half of life. The reward is wisdom, serenity, and deeper self-knowledge. In the first half of life we strive, work, compete, achieve, and accumulate. Will we do this until we die? Because we live in a world that worships youth, aging in America isn’t pleasant; we have no imagination for the spiritual adventure that aging offers. While Embracing Wisdom doesn’t shirk from the real challenges of this time of life, it points to a new understanding of how to experience loss not as tragedy but as compost for wisdom. Based upon the pioneering work of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Embracing Wisdom: Soaring in the Second Half of Life presents aging in the 21st Century as the newest frontier in human development. It sets a path and purpose for the boomer generation to complete life successfully and leave a legacy to future generations.

83 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 23, 2019

About the author

Malka Drucker is an American rabbi and author living in Idyllwild, California. Ordained in 1998 from the Academy for Jewish Religion, a transdenominational seminary, Drucker was the founding rabbi of HaMakom: The Place for Passionate and Progressive Judaism, in Santa Fe for fifteen years.

Reviews

[Dawn Kimble · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a short, but useful guide to making your last years a contribution to wisdom.

[Eileen stern · Rating 4 out of 5]

If our life is a bell curve how big should the drop of learning, activity or personal growth be in the third act of life? Much to consider about the wisdom years from very wise guides.