num_pages: 199
description: In Falling Upward  Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves of life and to show them that those who have fallen failed or gone down are the only ones who understand up. Most of us tend to think of the second half of life as largely about getting old dealing with health issues and letting go of life but the whole thesis of this book is exactly the opposite. What looks like falling down can largely be experienced as falling upward. In fact it is not a loss but somehow actually a gain as we have all seen with elders who have come to their fullness. This important book explores the counterintuitive message that we grow spiritually much more by doing wrong than by doing right--a fresh way of thinking about spirituality that grows throughout life.
language: English
title: Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
publisher: Jossey-Bass