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Book Review Pro | Karen Pool
Book Review Pro | Karen Pool
Author : Karen Wilson Pool
Genre : Karen's Books, Memoir
Midlife is a hot topic these days, especially since baby boomers—seventy-six million strong—began sprinting through the 50s into the wisdom years, ages 60-100. Our extended life span offers us a vantage point at midlife unheard of in earlier generations. The term midlife can mark a period of tremendous growth. It’s really another time of transition—between one age of our lives gone and the new one not yet established.
There comes a time in our lives when we must enter the interior landscape of our heart. The answers from outside of us cease to satisfy our desires for meaning and contribution. As with most earth-linked processes, this interior journey has its own cycle—stages and signposts that let us know where we stand in any particular moment. Each chapter encourages an awakening to where I am and you could be—to face the fears that keep us from moving forward into authentic living for the rest of our days.
“I search for a handhold in a boat tossed about on the waves and into the entrance of a new uncertain and undefined turning point. My best clue that I’m seeking the quick fix without the required threshing work comes when I realize I’m mooching someone else’s idea about what worked for them. Their usual responses include encouraging and well-founded advice about the direction and substance of what needs to happen. When I imagine what my life would be like according to what they offer, it’s as if I’m fitting myself into an over-sized or too-tight sweater. Either I can’t breathe or I trip over the hem.
“On the other hand, if I pause when I feel restless and itchy, as though I am shedding some inner, invisible skin, I remember that periodic seasons of reassessment provide time for necessary introspection. I chip away at the “cast of exhaustion” by becoming more aware of my needs for rest and creative space, prioritizing my inner strivings instead of being at the beck and call of everyone else first.”
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