‘Older and Wiser’ — A review

Older and Wiser is a book by Dag Sebastian Ahlander aimed at baby boomers who are planning their retirement. Find out how this lighthearted and entertaining read can help us boomers “create an inner peace and make us wiser.”

Like all baby boomers, I’m moving into a new phase of life these days. Although I’m among the youngest of my generation, I’m now semi-retired and my parents have passed away along with all of my uncles and aunts.

I mentioned to my brother that it was strange to think we’re now the older generation. He replied, “Well, that’s the way it is, no matter how it feels.”

Wisdom is supposed to come with age. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “The years teach much that the days never know.” On the other hand, the satrirical columnist H.L. Mencken wrote, “The older I grow old, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”

There’s No Fool Like an Old Fool

He’s probably right. There’s no fool like an old fool!