A historical journey of the life the author, President Carter depicts with his wife Rosalynn, and the advice they share on things as they have aged, changed, learned, found new adventures and purposes for their lives and the goodness and challenge of aging and staying active and involved well into their eighties and nineties.

I received this book as a gift because I have an interest in presidential history and biographies.

Carter is surprisingly candid about part of his life in this book, such as his bitter disappointment in not winning a second term. We learn how Carter and Roslyn found meaningful activities in their lives and forged new shared interests in retirement.

Overall, the presentation of his ideas and shared stories about his own aging are not very scintillating. For instance, he lists activities they tried with a few sentences about them without deep insight.

One interesting insight is that in 1998 when he wrote the book he did not believe Social Security would be viable for long. We were warned about this in 1973 as newly weds and you can read the warnings in contemporary newspapers. And yet, what has the government done about it, other than raise the retirement age?

The advice is quite generic but still good.

President Carter is a national treasure

The author.seems to have an abundance of energy which he uses to serve others and , to inspire those of us who are aging and uncertain about our futures. By staying active and engaged he demonstrates that his example can help everyone have more life in our lives!

Very short, interesting and inspirational book, but this was written 18 years ago when Jimmy Carter was 72. He's now 90 and I think the book could use a good update.