John Leland: Happiness is a choice you make (2018)
242 pages
English language
Published Nov. 12, 2018
In 2015, Leland set out to meet members of America's fastest-growing age group: 85 and up. He anticipated learning of challenges, of loneliness, and of the deterioration of body, mind, and quality of life. But the elders he met lived with a surprising lightness and contentment, revealing the late stages of life as unexpectedly rich and the elderly as incomparably wise. Here are reflections on how to "live better"-- from those who have mastered the art.
I read this for a book discussion I'm leading at work - not the kind of thing I would probably choose to read, but it held my interest because the people the author introduces us to were interesting. Most of the lessons he details seem like common sense to me, but they're worth thinking about again.
