12 Ways to Make Now the Best Time of Your Life: A Journey of Discovery for Women Ages 50 to 99

By Rayna Morgan

In the mid to later stages of life, many things change for us including our perspective. - As our children grow into their own lives, we spend less time with family. We retire from our job, or we continue self-employed but spend less hours working. - We decide that birthdays should become more about celebrating our life and less about counting and comparing. - We are no longer interested in rating ourselves on society's scale of 1-10. - We are glad to finally be through our "people pleasing" years when our self-expression was filtered through concerns of how others might react or what they might think of us. - We no longer feel the need to say what people expect us to say; we are free to express ourselves in the manner most truthful to our higher self. - Those activities which used to bring pleasure or were necessary parts of our daily routine are of less interest or conspicuously absent. - We have grown weary of unquenchable desires and the cycle of always wanting and longing. - Other people's opinion of us is no longer of great import. What is important to us now is how we feel about ourselves. From this new perspective gained with maturity, there are also some surprising things that we see with more clarity. We may come to realize that: - We spent much of our time doing all the things that we felt we should be doing and being the person everyone expected us to be. - We were constantly trying to do our best, or at least trying to do better, as if who we were naturally was not good enough. - We were always striving for more in our lives as if what we had was never enough. - We relied on people, things and places outside ourselves in order to feel good; yet what we received never seemed to be enough. - We cared for everyone around us but neglected our Soul. At this point in our journey, new questions arise: - How do we define ourselves now without our endless "to do" lists and the calendars of events which previously structured our days? - Who are we now and what should our lives look like at this stage of the game? - What should our daily purpose become, let alone the purpose for the rest of our life? - How do we know what to do? - Who can we turn to at this new juncture in our lives? Who can understand our feelings, answer our questions, and support us in this unfamiliar voyage? This time in our life can lead us to the truth of who we really are, a truth ignored by most people. We must be willing to ask: "What will it take for my life to work now?" "What is the real purpose of my life?" "How do I make my life more meaningful?" "What would it take for me to feel more alive?" This book will help you to: - regain your courage to try new things now that you are not as dependent upon achieving any particular outcome; - stop trying to be like everyone else and to look at the things that may have been blocking you from expressing yourself; - take this time in your life to meet your own needs if you have been a people pleaser most of your life; - find peace with how your life has evolved and understand the meaning of the journey you have taken; - refuse to settle for the picture of aging that society has painted and to age in a vital, flourishing way; - become less and less invested in what other people think, and more and more invested in your own spiritual growth; - look back at all the false measuring sticks that society erected and shout out internally: "Who cares " and mean it. By reading this book, you will be inspired by the wonderful news that the rest of your life can be the best of your life

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500648027
• ISBN13: 9781500648022
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Createspace
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.7" x 9.6"