“To have purpose is to make a contribution — to be part of something bigger than yourself.” — Roy Baumeister I’ve been watching my husband, John, go through something that I think many people experience quietly but rarely talk about: the sudden disappearance of purpose after retirement. When John was practicing dentistry, he was utterly clear on his mission: to improve the quality of life of each person he had the opportunity to touch. Dentistry was simply the doorway. What
