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The Age of Miracles
In our ability to rethink our lives lies our greatest power to change them. What we have called "middle age" need not be seen as a turning point toward death. It can be viewed as a magical turning point toward life as we've never known it, if we allow ourselves the power of an independent imagination-thought-forms that don't flow in a perfunctory manner from ancient assump...more
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Published
April 1st 2009
by Hay House, Inc.
(first published December 1st 2007)
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This was the book I was after in Chapters when Ryan diverted me with Ishmael and 2 other recommendations -- Chapters better not lose him as a sales person, I walked out with 4 books when I went in for 1.
I enjoyed this book as a great reminder that life is a journey and all of our experiences add up to make us who we are. Supportive and insightful about a new way to think of mid-life. Hey, I'm barely approaching mid-life and I enjoyed it.
I also told my older, truly mid-life siblings about it. No...more
I enjoyed this book as a great reminder that life is a journey and all of our experiences add up to make us who we are. Supportive and insightful about a new way to think of mid-life. Hey, I'm barely approaching mid-life and I enjoyed it.
I also told my older, truly mid-life siblings about it. No...more
I really like who she tries to blend eastern thought in with all her god talk, it is a little interesting how certain ideas are slightly adapted or changed from their origins in buddhism - such as the meditations of attracting into your life the positive things you want verses the meditations of accepting things. But I still really like the idea that we can become something better through positive thinking because I'm not quiet ready to accept myself the way I am just yet ;) I did find a few gem...more
I liked this book because it really makes you think on what you want to do with the rest of your life. Up to a certain point your life does start when you hit midlife. You view life and the world differently by then. And you don't have much more time left to fool around, you really have to focus on what you truly want and how you want to experience it. Before this age you might have lived the life you needed to live, and not the life you wanted (which is my case), in order lo learn many things....more
Interesting. I'm not a self-help-book reader (this was passed on to me by a friend, so I felt an obligation to read). I found many things the author said of value. I wasn't able to read it as I do a great piece of non-fiction (where you can't put it down), but I'd read a chapter then may not go back for awhile. As hard as that is to get back into a book when you do that, I was able to pick up some valuable information each time. When you get old (like me), you view the world differently, or at l...more
This book is actually called "The Age of Miracles" not "Miracles at Midlife." Whatever its title, it is familar ground for Marianne Williamson, self help guru and FOO (Friend of Oprah.) Williamson is like some kooky relative who shows up at Thanksgiving and rivets attention away from banal subjects. She doesn't mince words -- she believes people can heal the world through loving thoughts and actions. To do this you have to retrain your mind to focus on love instead of fear, a tenet of the New Ag...more
Jan 09, 2008
Fred
marked it as to-read
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Boomers like me
Recommended to Fred by:
publisher
From an email I received about this book:
... welcome to Midlife! But don't run away screaming about your "lost" youth or the fear that you're "past your prime." New York Times best-selling author and spiritual activist Marianne Williamson reminds us that now is the time when you can have more fun, more meaning, more passion, and more enlightenment than you could ever imagine. In her new book: The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife, she discusses how!
How would you live if you related to a...more
... welcome to Midlife! But don't run away screaming about your "lost" youth or the fear that you're "past your prime." New York Times best-selling author and spiritual activist Marianne Williamson reminds us that now is the time when you can have more fun, more meaning, more passion, and more enlightenment than you could ever imagine. In her new book: The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife, she discusses how!
How would you live if you related to a...more
Dec 27, 2007
Satia
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
ACIM students, Marianne Williamson fans, Baby Boomer women
I have accumulated a few books by Marianne Williamson and read a few of them with some pleasure. None of shook me to my core, caused me to really change anything in my heart or soul or thinking. I have given one book as a gift and given another away. And right now, as I type this, I cannot remember any deep lessons from anything she has written.
Which is why it is no surprise for me to say that reading The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife was nice but hardly profound. I think a big part...more
Which is why it is no surprise for me to say that reading The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife was nice but hardly profound. I think a big part...more
I have mixed feelings about this book. I have loved some of her other books, but this one I just liked. As I read, I felt a deep sense of familiarity with most of her messages, and didn't encounter many ideas that were new for me. I'm almost on the other side of the midlife transition and I do a lot of new age reading, so had a feeling of "been there" as I read. However, someone else might find this book fresh and perfect for them. Someone described this book as a bit cheesy, and someone else ca...more
I didn't read every single page as I began to understand early on that I'm not doing to badly in my midlife. Mariane has such a soft beautifuly way of writing. She always makes me so glad I am a woman. I also really like how she weaves in the stories of her life and experiences which makes her point so much more easy to understand. I've been touched by all of her books.
I have been reading Marianne Williamson all my adult life and just as I go through some new phase, she has just completed that phase and written a warm and loving book to help me through. Like a wise older sister. Is there anything new or life-changing in it? Probably not. Like the Bible, it is not that the ideas are so new, it is that the ideas are so true and have the ability to impact your life in different ways at different times in your life. If you are 20 years old, don't bother to read th...more
I've been listening to this book while driving and am really enjoying it. You don't have to be "midlife" to get a lot out of it. In fact, twenty and thirty-somethings would get a lot out of it because Marianne talks about "looking back" to your earlier life and learning about yourself. So why not try to learn about yourself while you're younger and stop wasting time angsting and beating yourself up over the things you've done and what life has dealt you.
There is a lot of wisdom packed in here....more
There is a lot of wisdom packed in here....more
Jul 06, 2012
JoAnn Jordan
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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This book is very inspirational. Midlife can be a time of great accomplishment and new resolve. Marianne encourages us to stretch our boundaries and move forward with resolve. Her chapter on forgiveness is a must read.
I enjoyed the book and highly recommend it for anyone looking for an uplifting read.
I enjoyed the book and highly recommend it for anyone looking for an uplifting read.
Although I don't think I have particularly arrived at "midlife" as Williamson describes it, I found this to be quite inspiring and interesting in regards to transitions and change. She got a little off the subject and long-winded about world change at the end, but I would still recommend this book.
I have yet to read something that Marianne has written that wasn't just what i needed to read at that very moment in my life. Her "A Return to Love" was life changing for me then i read "the gift of change" omg that was fabulous as well. As you can tell I am a huge fan! I love me some MW!
Lots of food for thought, some repetion and some preaching. It does keep coming up in conversation so that proves the three star 'grade'.
Was led to believe there would be more helpful hints in how to approach midlife. She tells you time and again to forgive and forget the past but how?
Was led to believe there would be more helpful hints in how to approach midlife. She tells you time and again to forgive and forget the past but how?
This is the CD version of this book. I've listened I it several times, most recently in 3/12 I've also given it as a gift. I love the quote that we've added 10 years to our lives but it's not at the end, it's in the middle. That's kind of what it feels like. Marianne explores going deeper during midlife & relaxing into possibilities now that the first half is over. It's a nice assessment.
I'm on the brink of midlife - well 5 years away as women in my family easily live to 100+ - but I'm having a blast already embracing the New Midlife that Williamson describes. I love the inspiration that Williamson brings to all of her work and having her narrate this audio version was an added plus.
I love this book. I feel like she is speaking personally to me. As a woman in my 50s, there are so many issues I can relate to: letting go of your children, dealing with wounds from the past, learning how to lean on God, the freedom and excitement of empty nest and "starting a new life", giving myself permission to be excited about my life even though I am "middle age", mentoring others younger than me, and the list goes on......
I love the idea she shares on p. 46:
If there is something about you...more
I love the idea she shares on p. 46:
If there is something about you...more
I absolutely love this book! It's my second time through it and I'll probably read it a few more times. It's full of timeless wisdom, of course,and honesty. I don't think Marianne Williamson knows how to write any other way.
May 01, 2009
Elizabeth Ferry
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Jen
Since I seem to be going through some sort of mid-life thang - I really don't want to use the word "crisis" - I'll just say a reassessment - this was a helpful book for me. Some of it is a little cheesy but the author does make some good points about finding meaning in life, etc. Good read indeed.
We're living longer. Whether the extra years we've been blessed with are in the middle, front, or end is anybody's to write about. I'm not among those who believe that 50 is the new 30. Williamson's light, upbeat style is suited to the subject if you're a believer in the middle being the extra decades' landing site.
I'm listening to the audiobook edition of this book. I like it well enough that I ran out and purchased the hardcover edition. It's a relief to find out, after listening to Williamson, I'm not the only one who feels the way I do after having turned an age that is undeniably of the middle variety. This book validates so much of my experience. I'm still waiting for it to reveal something life-changing. Not sure it's coming. I'm a little bummed out by the chapter on romantic love but maybe it bores...more
Brilliant book. Beautifully written. Full of intelligent, insightful wisdoms that can only have come from substantial life experience and serious spiritual study. Rich and rewarding.
Reading this book for my spiritual bookgroup. Am finding the intro and first chapter a little "hard sell" but I've enjoyed other MW books, so will hang in there.
No one writes it better than Marianne. She truly reaches the reader through her books. I am always so filled with grace and love from God through her books.
Far and away THE best book I have encountered for my personal transformation. I listen to a portion of it almost EVERYDAY!!
Dreadful. I was expecting a lot and was extremely disappointed. And it wasn't helped by the large number of typos.
Worthwhile for everyone. Encouraging, intellegent words. Helped me when I was a caregiver especially.
In my early fifties, this book could not have come at a more opportune moment. It challenged my very core beliefs about myself, religiously and politically. Ms. Williamson reaches into you and pulls forth thoughts you had in your developing years that are your 'true self'. The ones you were told were fantasy, and useless in getting you to adulthood. It's a shame. We would all be more joyfull and loving had we held to our true identity, instead of what we were told to be. The hope lies in the rea...more
Excellent! Many new ways to look at things and realize though I'm nearing mid-life...it doesn't have to be a crisis!! It can be a beginning!
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Marianne Williamson is a spiritual activist, author, lecturer and founder of The Peace Alliance, a grass roots campaign supporting legislation currently before Congress to establish a United States Department of Peace. She is also the founder of Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area.[2] She has published nine books, including f...more
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