The Second Journey Author:Gerald O'Collins The span of human life might be said to comprise three stages. The first one is the journey from childhood into maturity. The last one is the journey through old age into death. But there is also a middle course that all persons must pass through. It is a journey that commences when the power of youth is gone, when the possibility of failure in ... more »life first presents itself, and when the dreams of earlier years turn up to be shallow and pointless. This is the crisis of the middle years, the second journey. It is a time of anxiety and inner turmoil. But it can also be a time of revelation, when new vistas open themselves to the human spirit. For all persons who pass down that dark road in search of light this book is written.« less