Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

A book I'm sure I will read again and again in my lifetime. Rohr's wise words are a reassuring guidance through the flailing and falling of the “first half of life”, and a matured, loving welcome into the second; Where one can finally see they have been falling upward the whole time. - Signed, A twenty-something, first-half-of-lifer who is trying to trust that she too, is falling upward.

A Short second reading review: I still think that this is an overall helpful book. But I was more irritated by the platitudes this read. There are wisdom all over this book. The overall theme is a good and important one. But because you sound esoteric, does not mean you are wise. There are lots of instances where I just wish he would speak clearly without so many ‘wise' quotes. Some of those quotes really are helpful.

the second full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/falling-upward/

Short review: This is a book about embracing maturity. Age is not maturity, we all know immature people that are advanced in years. Rohr believes that we need to embrace the different parts of life. Our younger years are concerned with identity (what we do, who we marry, etc.). Our older years should be concerned with meaning. So if we properly understand how to mature, we live inside the structures of of life in our younger years and then we learn when to leave the structures of live in our older years.

This is in interesting book. Rohr uses the story of Odysseus as a structure for understanding maturity. He is quite fluent in modern psychology and anthropology as well as the ancient myths. Rohr believes that the ancient myths in many ways better understand how we should live.

This was the first book I received from the Amazon Vine program for purposes of review.

Full review on my blog at http://bookwi.se/falling-upward-rohr/