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Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life
by James Hollis
Hollis's fuller treatment: the questions of the second half, relationships, work, aging, and what the soul asks. Wise and unsparing.
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you want Hollis beyond The Middle Passage.
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Three things you will actually use
- What wants to live through you?
- Grow up, not just old.
- Meaning over happiness.
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Read the chapter on the questions.
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Hollis on the second half.
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