Falling Upward
by Richard Rohr
The Franciscan's account of the two halves of life: the first builds the container, identity, security, success; the second, usually entered through failure or loss, fills it with meaning. It is contemplative Christianity drawing on Jung and myth, and it has helped many people in midlife understand their disorientation as growth.
Read it if…
you are in midlife and your old motivations have stopped working.
Skip it if…
you want orthodox theology or secular psychology; it is neither.
Three things you will actually use
- Failure is the usual door to the second half.
- The ego's project ends; the soul's begins.
- Both halves are necessary; do not skip the first.
Do this first
Write what your first-half container was built around and what it can no longer hold.
Our verdict
Contemplative and wise.
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