Not my favorite of Rohr's books, though I really appreciated his thesis that there are two parts of life: the first part, aimed at establish ourselves, achieving, understanding ourselves; and the second part, aimed at giving away of ourselves, serving others, sharing wisdom. In this transition and the related work he does with men (in particular) around social rituals, there is a lot of wisdom. In particular, I noticed a lot of truth in his emphasis that some people cannot make the transition to the second part of life because they are not yet able to maturely understand and establish themselves apart from their own envisioned ideals of role and function.

But this book is spotty; some parts I loved, some parts I really just wanted to skim through. It's fairly conversational in tone (and especially so in audiobook form with the author reading his work). In his late chapter on depression, he's able to vocally nuance what I suspect wasn't well nuanced in the words on the page. But often I had a sense that Rohr's attention and focus had wandered from his theme, and so did my own.

Much of Rohr's writing overlaps his other works. I prefer both [b:The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See|6522506|The Naked Now Learning to See as the Mystics See|Richard Rohr|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1391219464s/6522506.jpg|6714418] and [b:Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer|348850|Everything Belongs The Gift of Contemplative Prayer|Richard Rohr|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388180189s/348850.jpg|339127] to his later work, though perhaps that is just due to a deeper interest in the subject matter.