Spiritual Wisdom for Successful Retirement: Living Forward

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ISBN: 9780789028037 | 0789028034
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 9/19/2006

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"Spiritual Wisdom for Successful Retirement is a guide through the journey that begins in life's "third stage," when employment is left behind and uncertainty lies ahead. This upbeat and uplifting book travels beyond the financial and emotional considerations of retirement planning to address the real-life issues retirees face."--BOOK JACKET.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

(4)

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

(14)

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

(12)

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

(12)

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

(12)

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

(14)

Bad things really do happen to good people. When you are down, what then?

How to identify indicators of depression and deal with the blues

Chapter 6. When the Unexpected Happens

(14)

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

(14)

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

(14)

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

111

(14)

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

125

(14)

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

139

(2)

Notes

141

(8)

Resources

149

(4)

Index

153

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Spiritual Wisdom for Successful Retirement: Living Forward

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