HI:
Spare change anybody? Just plain old change? I think some of the essence of the next stage of life for baby boomers is the process of change. Moving forward to a new lifestyle, new experiences can be exciting. It can also be scary.
Part of change is saying goodbye. That also can be bittersweet. Leaving a job can leave you footloose, free. You'll be happy to be free of the little routines that had become quite boring. But ..... you'll miss other parts, the people, the good times.
The thing about moving on is that reality smacks you right in the face. It can't be hide under busy-work, because there is no busy-work. What do you want to do? Now you can do it and it's looking straight at you.
We can't look forward and backward at the same time. The little period of time in between where we are and where we are going is a bit like being suspended in space. We are floating around but don't know where we will land.
But if you think about it, perhaps the idea of us knowing where we are going is also a fantasy. It was also unreality, but comfortable and known unreality, so we believed it.
Truly, though, life is quite random. We happen to be born and raised where we are, and given the opportunites accordingly to our generation and circumstances at the time. Strange circumstances or disaster could strike at any time, and as we age, we become more aware of our mortality.
Whether or not you believe in divine purpose, or random experience, we can only be in the now.
Mahara Sinclaire
retirement
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