Back by popular demand, local author and psychiatrist Dr. Gordon Livingston returns to Howard County Library to discuss his latest book How to Love.
Dr. Livingston opens with the astute observation that although everyone has relationships, we typically only receive on-the-job training in this area of our lives. Since there is no formal training process for relationships, he urges people to use pattern recognition: "The object is to recognize what traits and behaviors get us more of what we want in life – happiness – and less of what we seek to avoid – emotional pain, especially loneliness." With his characteristic straightforward and humorous style, Dr. Livingston explores the types of people we should avoid, the ten character traits we should look for in people, and ways to improve existing relationships.
The chapters are broken into short, easily digested sections, with themes such as: “When all is said and done, more is said than done,” “The trouble with parents is by the time they are experienced they are unemployed,” and (my favorite) “If it weren’t for marriage, men and women would have to fight with total strangers.”
Register online and join us on December 3, 7:00 pm at the Central Library to learn "how to love."