A review by silvernfire
Ageless Soul: The Lifelong Journey Toward Meaning and Joy by Thomas Moore

4.0

If this is the first or maybe second book by Thomas Moore that you've read, I think it will have more of an impact than if you've been a faithful reader of his through the years. I'm one of those faithful readers, and I admit that there wasn't all that much new for me. Moore takes the themes he's been developing through several books, and applies them to aging and dying. I enjoyed the book; I just didn't learn all that much new from it. However, Chapter 14, "The Angel of Old Age," has some practical suggestions on developing your spirituality as you age, that I plan to come back to and consider repeatedly. I was disappointed that Moore made no real mention of dementia or Alzheimer's, which seems to be haunting old age more and more—a spirituality to help you cope with the loss of someone you love years before they actually die, or, yes, your loss of yourself, would be so helpful! But overall, it was a good book and I was glad to have read it.