Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

＂We grow much more spiritually by doing life wrong than by doing it right. However, many people and institutions remain in ’the first half of life’ forever, preoccupied with climbing, achieving, and performing. But if you knew there was more to the journey, wouldn’t you choose to do the ’first half’ quite differently? By facing challenges, mistakes, loss of control, and even suffering in the ’second half of life, ’ we learn to grow and blossom into the people we are called to be＂--

Fr. Richard Rohr, Franciscan friar and ecumenical teacher, is Founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation. Fr. Richard teaches how God’s grace guides us to our birthright as beings made of Divine Love. He is the author of numerous books, including Immortal Diamond.