coming and going fluctuating moods some heavy others light as fairy dust floating one thing in common they come they go when delight shows up mind wants forever but forever’s a concept flux is what’s true human quandary how to embrace change especially the unexpected— wonder, my walking stick nature’s detail my delight
On another thread I posted this recently when asked to reflect on how unexpected changes can be embraced:
‘I unexpectedly found myself starting a new job on my sixtieth birthday with the alluring title of Senior Educator. ‘Senior’ was intended to reflect experience rather than age but as this was unplanned it felt like a new beginning for me. I embraced the position with newfound enthusiasm, reconnected with prior travel into China in that position and at the time thought I might have a decade of adventure ahead of me. But the surprises were only just starting! I ended up managing the department upon the sudden retirement of my manager and then realising there were far more exciting new frontiers outside of work, retired at 65 to ensure I enjoyed as many of them as I could. Last year I turned 75 and spent six months travelling the eastern seaboard of Australia but we found ourselves farm-sitting on properties to allow their owners a break and holidays of their own. The farm-sitting wasn’t planned either it just evolved. We leave in twenty days to repeat the process again. Who knows what might happen after that!’
On another thread I posted this recently when asked to reflect on how unexpected changes can be embraced:
‘I unexpectedly found myself starting a new job on my sixtieth birthday with the alluring title of Senior Educator. ‘Senior’ was intended to reflect experience rather than age but as this was unplanned it felt like a new beginning for me. I embraced the position with newfound enthusiasm, reconnected with prior travel into China in that position and at the time thought I might have a decade of adventure ahead of me. But the surprises were only just starting! I ended up managing the department upon the sudden retirement of my manager and then realising there were far more exciting new frontiers outside of work, retired at 65 to ensure I enjoyed as many of them as I could. Last year I turned 75 and spent six months travelling the eastern seaboard of Australia but we found ourselves farm-sitting on properties to allow their owners a break and holidays of their own. The farm-sitting wasn’t planned either it just evolved. We leave in twenty days to repeat the process again. Who knows what might happen after that!’
Life is so surprising!!