Should elders be forced to the sidelines?
“Happiness is shared with the fortunate retired people who get to travel and take up new hobbies that totally interest them,” writes Peterson, who authors Everyday Spirituality on Beliefnet. “However, the 20th century invention of retirement, marketed as the American Dream, more resembles a large cache of unused wisdom and aplomb. One can’t help but recall Moses, Buddha, Paul, Mary Baker Eddy, Colonel Sanders, Billy Graham, and a host of other human beings who implemented world-shaking, mind-provoking, body-moving ideas at ages now lumped in with senior citizens."