Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist Zen Master, poet, scholar, and peace and human rights activist. He is the author of many books including the classics Peace Is Every Step and The Art of Power. Hanh speaks and writes extensively on meditation, mindfulness, and peace, and he leads retreats worldwide on the art of mindful living. Hanh lives in Plum Village, his meditation center in France.

In Falling Upward, Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves of life and to show them that those who have fallen, failed, or "gone down" are the only ones who understand "up." 

Most of us tend to think of the second half of life as largely about getting old, dealing with health issues, and letting go of life, but the whole thesis of this book is exactly the opposite:

• What looks like falling down can largely be experienced as "falling upward"
• In fact, it is not a loss but somehow actually a gain, as we have all seen with elders who have come to their fullness
• Rohr explains why the second half of life can and should be full of spiritual richness
• Falling Upward offers a new view of how spiritual growth happens --> loss is gain

This important book explores the counterintuitive message that we grow spiritually much more by doing wrong than by doing right.

Author Richard Rohr is a regular contributing writer for Sojourners and Tikkun magazines. He is the author of several previous books, including Breathing Under Water.