One of the wonderful things about having you in my life is that I’m inspired to action.
A video I watched this morning speaks to the change in the outlook of a person 59 years old versus someone 49 years old. In the few minutes since watching it, I was immediately able to reflect on this transition in my own life. And beyond that – how it extrapolates to my life at 69.
When I “retired” from being an airline pilot, I didn’t decide to find another job. That’s not entirely true – I applied and was accepted into teaching positions – but they were in Griffin and beyond a reasonable commute. Instead, I focused on my “projects” – drones and later, software.
I also investigated work with drone technology that I’d simply aged out of. I learned a lot about myself and my situation in that process.
There’s a phrase from somewhere: “If not now, when?”
I made the trade off of potential economic peril for a fully actualized life. I had so many things I wanted to do, I simply didn’t have time to find a job. I needed to actualize my ideas – even if it meant poverty.
My relationship with you is the pinnacle of this process. No accomplishment in life has meaning unless it touches the lives of others. You are the “other” I’ve always hoped to find.
Not only do you inspire me, validate me, love me and witness my ideas and actions – you open up a whole new landscape of goals, work and accomplishment.
And at 68, there’s no time to waste.