A Decade is behind us. A decade is before us. When thinking about tonight's post, I thought about the past ten years.
One of the most significant things that happened ten years ago was that I retired from AT&T after 33 years of service.
One day I was commuting an hour each way to my job. Working eight to ten hours under a blanket of stress. The next day after retirement, I slept in. Actually, I didn't sleep. I woke up at my normal time, but as I lay there with my head on the pillow, I let it sink in that my life had changed. From this day forward, I was the boss of my life.
So the decade that started (actually it started in March) was one about doing things we'd put off for years. I fished, Jilda and I played music, we traveled, we volunteered, and we had fun. We laughed a lot.
The years were not without casualties. We lost family, pets (who were family), and friends. We cried a lot.
But that's part of life. If you hang around enough, stuff happens. You either whine about it, or you suck it up and deal.
It's the people who find ways to get through the low tide that I admire. There was a song back in the 70s that said something like:
Funny how life is like a wheel
First your down
Then your up again.
I hope the 20s find you Up again.
One of the most significant things that happened ten years ago was that I retired from AT&T after 33 years of service.
One day I was commuting an hour each way to my job. Working eight to ten hours under a blanket of stress. The next day after retirement, I slept in. Actually, I didn't sleep. I woke up at my normal time, but as I lay there with my head on the pillow, I let it sink in that my life had changed. From this day forward, I was the boss of my life.
So the decade that started (actually it started in March) was one about doing things we'd put off for years. I fished, Jilda and I played music, we traveled, we volunteered, and we had fun. We laughed a lot.
The years were not without casualties. We lost family, pets (who were family), and friends. We cried a lot.
But that's part of life. If you hang around enough, stuff happens. You either whine about it, or you suck it up and deal.
It's the people who find ways to get through the low tide that I admire. There was a song back in the 70s that said something like:
Funny how life is like a wheel
First your down
Then your up again.
I hope the 20s find you Up again.
