I have found
another role model in a colleague who has gone running into retirement with
arms outstretched and enthusiasm in her heart.
She impressed me beyond words when she told me how she had been reading
about planning for retirement and the very next day she told me that she had
called up a place, got some emails back and forth and boom, she had a new
opportunity, just like that! And it was
something she really wanted to do. Wow.
What lesson did I learn? I learned that not just reading, but writing down
in the workbook helps bring thoughts into focus and from there into action. Now I have pulled out my notebooks, taken
down the volumes that have inspired me and will set to work on doing the
exercises that will bring everything into sharper focus.
Meanwhile I have been hearing comments
from people who say “you’ve been talking a lot about retirement, when are you
planning to go” and I respond “we have several people retiring in the next few
weeks, I am involved. It’s not just
about me, I am interested in everyone” and then a little bell rang in my
head. I like people and I have a lot of
concern about people’s welfare. Like my
retired colleague who realized that she likes to teach, I like to help
people. Perhaps this is a path I should
pursue further, but only once I’ve done my lessons.
One statement, a smile, a look, sometimes
the simplest things can inspire a person to great adventures. We just have to be open to it.
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