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5.0 out of 5 stars Antidote to a Midlife Crises, 15 April 2008

By	Norma Lehmeierhartie (New York, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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If you are in midlife and not wholly happy with your life, read this book. This book is meant to empower.

Marianne Williamson asks us: "How would we live were we not afraid of death? How would we live if we felt full permission from ourselves and others to give to life everything we've got?"

With those thoughts in mind, Williamson guides the reader to go after the life they want; to be proactive. Only when "we go for it" do we flourish.
Midlife is what you create. We are not too old to change, if anything, with age comes knowledge, Williamson counsels.

Williamson believes midlife is another stage of life and should be celebrated as such--not unlike the transition from childhood into teenager. She claims the bar or bat mitzvahs, the Jewish traditional rite of passage, is an ideal way to acknowledge the transition from childhood to adolescence, allowing the child to comes to terms with the change in life.

Likewise, we need to celebrate our transition into midlife. Williamson claims that if we don't, we risk a midlife crisis, most often manifested as depression in women.

She says, "Now is the time to burst forth into your greatness--a greatness you could never have achieved without going through exactly the things you've gone through."

It's our perception of middle age that counts --not the old stereotypes.
Midlife is like second chance. We learn who we are and know what we want. Midlife is the time to allow whatever it is into our lives.

Author of the award winning book,Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Profound Message for This Day and Age, 8 April 2008

By	Steven Lane Taylor (Sedona, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

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There is one idea Marianne Williamson expresses in this book that I especially like. It's the idea that in this day and age we have added more years to our lives -- but those years are in the middle! What she means is that mid-life at this point in time is far more than just a transition from youth to old age. It has become a vibrant, powerful time that gives us the opportunity to leave our driven, desperate, ego-based lives behind, and truly heal ourselves -- and heal the world in the process. No matter what your age, Marianne's eloquence and passion will ignite a fire in your soul, filling you with a true desire to finally live your life the way it is supposed to be lived . . . with unconditional love, compassion, understanding, and forgiveness. I feel like I am living this book right now, and I highly recommend it.

Steven Lane Taylor, author of Row, Row, Row Your Boat: A Guide for Living Life in the Divine Flow

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad (but a very Ameri-Christian viewpoint), 19 Feb 2009

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Although I also found this book an interesting read, I also found the viewpoint was more heavily christian/american than I'm used to.
Don't get me wrong, there isn't anything particularly preachy about it, it is a positive call to reclaiming your life, and for 80% of the peopel in the uk or us it's probably just normal.
However there are elements such as talking about God having a plan for your life that just scratch a tiny bit to those of us who don't take that viewpoint for granted and they make it less multiculturally accessible than it could be.
Many books of this type are formatted as self help books, chapter building on previous chapter with guidance of steps to take for your own growth in a progressive manner. So far (I'm about 7/8 of the way through) this is far more of a treatise on emotional and mental hangups holding us back from our potential - an extended essay on getting round to growing up properly.
Valuable but not really what I expected - I suspect it's not aimed at those who've immersed themselves in personal development and spiritual study for the last 10 years tho.

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