Spiritual Wisdom for Successful Retirement: Living Forward

ISBN-13: 9780789028037 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 170 str.

C. W. Brister; Commodore Brister

Opis

The number of people age 65 and older worldwide more than tripled to nearly half a billion over the last five decades. This book is an inspirational guide through the journey that brings in life's 'third stage', when employment is left behind and uncertainty lies ahead.

Spis treści

• Acknowledgments
  
• Introduction
  (Provides a context for life as a journey from a biblical worldview.)
  (The term spiritual wisdom is clarified, and readers are reminded that retirees are not alone.)
  
• Chapter 1. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Retirement
  (Stories - both serious and humorous - of persons who elected to remain engaged with social and institutional relationships.)
  (Illustrates retirement events and adaptation in particular circumstances.)
  
• Chapter 2. The Road to Retirement
  (Confirms the need for a worldview that takes major life transitions in stride.)
  (Autobiographical anecdotes illustrate specific steps into retirement status.)
  
• Chapter 3. Mapping the Retirement Landscape
  (Provides understanding of retirement and elderhood as foundational for wise pastoral care; focuses on strengths as well as challenges of retired persons.)
  (Suggests how caregivers may wisely attend needs of retired persons.)
  
• Chapter 4. Challenges of Managing the Calendar, Clock, and Commitments
  (What shall I do when I don’t go to work every day? Good and bad habits.)
  (How to manage your time and your life when “every day is Saturday”.)
  
• Chapter 5. How to Deal with the Blues and the Blahs
  (Bad things really do happen to good people. When you’re down, what then?)
  (How to identify indicators of depression and deal with the blues.)
  
• Chapter 6. When the Unexpected Happens
  (Retirement changes over time because people and circumstances change.)
  (Where to go for help when chaos and calamity come and life caves in.)
  
• Chapter 7. There Is Strength in Numbers
  (A second look at the significance of family ties (acceptance, respect, love).
  (The power of relationships, connections, friendships (and even abusers).
  
• Chapter 8. Facing Death and the Life Beyond
  (A perspectival inquiry into aspects of death and the life beyond: philosophical, literary, biological, clinical, multicultural, personal, and biblical perspectives.)
  (The dynamics of hope in aiding retirees to tell/write future stories.)
  
• Chapter 9. Finding Your Way Home
  (Home, as used here, refers to the eternity factor in everyday life.)
  (Shows retirees and caregivers guideposts to the Celestial City.)
  
• Chapter 10. Keeping Life in Balance
  (Retirement brings many changes, calling for choices and decisions.)
  (Life balance is a many-splendored, often testy, thing.)
  
• Appendix for Caregivers: The Art of Supportive Conversations
  
• Notes
  
• Resources
  
• Index
  

O autorze

James W Ellor