The Lawrence Elder Circle

Coming of Age | Rights of Passage

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Opening Quote

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

Closing Quote
- Carl Jung

Welcome to Lawrence Elder Circle

Elderhood is the potential culmination of human development. How many people talk longingly about and look ever so forward to their “Golden Years” and then, when they arrive, don't know quite what to do with them? Many are tempted to believe that the best years of life are over.

There is a disturbing force that knows the closing chapters of life are too important to be left to chance. It pulses through the universe, inviting and compelling us to 'grow up,' to 'show up,' and do more than survive. If we stop and think about it, none of us will 'survive' anyway.

We probably didn't realize in all those decades of “growing up” that elders are meant to live in a way that is consciously different from adults. Grandparenting is not advanced parenting, and neither is elderhood advanced adulthood. The scenery changes dramatically, particularly when moving from an emphasis on doing to one of being.

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Coming of Age

The Lawrence Elder Circle offers Coming of Age, a five-day intensive experience for those who want their final years to be the culmination of a beautiful life.

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The Lawrence Elder Circle is a gathering of friends who have an expansive vision of what the fourth quarter of life can be, are seeking to live to its potential, and hope to help others to do the same.

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