Lectures For Lifelong Learners!

To age successfully is to feel visible and important to others. For much of our lives, we find our purpose in school, then work or caring for families. We socialize with neighbors, friends, or co-workers. Aristotle tells us that there are three types of friendships: those of pleasure, those of utility, and true friends. After we retire or find ourselves in an empty nest, our true friends may die, the other types move away, or simply move on. One’s circle constricts and one no longer has the satisfaction of achievements in work or family, what is one’s identity? Where does one find a sense of satisfaction and achievement? How do we construct a meaningful life? In this session, we shall explore the ideas offered by philosopher and gerontologist Harry Moody and psychoanalysts such as Victor Frankl, Erik Erikson, and Carl Jung.