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Our soul knows better; it is simply time to wake up.  This inspiring and challenging book is for anyone who has ever asked, 'What now?' or 'What will be left of my life when I'm gone?'  Storyteller and writer Mike Riddell brilliantly identifies the malaise that is particularly common in midlife and shows us how to make it a time for refocusing on what really matters.  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In it Mike Riddell identifies the malaise which can accompany times of significant change in relationships, location, working life or age, and shows us how to transform a time of insecurity into a time of personal development and fulfilment. 'None of us has precisely the same path to follow, and yet all of us are summoned to follow a path...For many of us, the understanding emerges at the very time when we suspect it is too late for us to do anything about it. Our soul knows better; it is simply time to wake up.' In an engrossing blend of reflection and story, he encourages us to regain our capacity for wonder and to discover that unique gift which each of us can bring to the world. 'So let us go then, you and I. Forging our way into the undiscovered territory of the mystery which constitutes our living. 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