Lectures on aging usually deal primarily with illness, infirmities, and/or dying. This presentation is life-affirming. Don Ardell will offer tips for exuberant enjoyment of what can be a splendid, if challenging stage of life. Aging has an unfortunate reputation and yet, despite all manner of natural declines, the later years can offer wonderful opportunities. The nature of such advantages and the myriad of ways that a collection of exceptional seniors have overcome obstacles should interest young and old.