Even as retirement looms
Tension unabates
Everything is important
Costly
One mistake
Can ruin everything
Detail and compliance
Rule my life
A sense of hurtling
Through space
Its friction
Burning
Tearing through my space suit
This new place.
A walk behind the house
Up the side of the mountain
Signs
Reading “Property Boundary –
National Forest Behind This Sign”
It’s quiet here.
A bark in the distance
Children’s voices bounce endlessly
Across the vale
Ten weeks
And I hit the wall
Or
Fall off the cliff
Either way
It will be an adventure
In 1984 I started my glazing apprenticeship. The last 32+ years with the same company.
We have grown to a sizable concern, glazing many hospitals, universities and such.
April 1, 2023 will start a new chapter.
https://www.towerglass.com/
(Photograph -a sunset in Ramona CA)
Beautiful photograph, it looks like a nice place to retire. Somehow I thought you were retired already. I debate with myself about retirement, early that is, and that “one mistake can ruin everything” really resonates. It’s a bit transition and I hope you’ll navigate it smoothly to a rewarding retirement.
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Thank you Alessandra. The retirement numbers are ok, it’s work that is still very pressing/critical.
Construction is a business that requires a hyper-focus for any measure of success.
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Remember the wise words of Koheleth:
“There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen, that it is from the hand of God. For who can eat and who can have enjoyment without Him?”
Eccl 2:24-25 NASB
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Thanks Alan
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Glad you have beautiful nature in your backyard. It helps. A lot. When the days aren’t very kind. Ask her for wisdom, she will protect you.
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Thank you Kat!
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