My, How Time Flies!

This week I celebrated 30 years of service on the job. When I walked through those doors as a teenager, I never thought I would still be there all these years later. Nor did I know how different my job would be from the way it was when I started.

The changes I have seen over that period of time has been incredible. Time has a way of changing things. I have met and worked with a lot of people over that time. The skills, abilities, and personalities were and still are very diverse. And as is the norm, always the odd one here and there that challenges your patience and tolerance. The people I work with at the present time, though, are the cream of the crop. The days are not without their challenges, but the team pulls together to create a quality job.

Those years there have seen me through a marriage, the birth of my two wonderful children, and a subsequent divorce, and the death of both my parents. There were other life issues that they and my colleagues saw me through as well. The appreciation and respect I receive from my colleagues is immeasurable.

I love my job! How many people can say that after 30 years? Another 5 years, and I can retire with a full pension. Whether or not I will want to leave a job I love is yet to be seen. Let's see what the next 5 years brings my way. Life, bring me the good stuff!!

The Secrets of Pensions

I've discovered over the past month that there are flaws in a lot of pension plans that no one ever reveals to you. Well-guarded secrets that help to ensure the pension funds line the pockets of those who maintain them far more than of those who pay into them. Some injustices are being done.

I highly recommend that everyone look at investments vs. pension annuities before the retirement date ensues. You may be very surprised at what you find out. I only wish I had known a lot of these things 25 years sooner.

New Ways of Thinking

I've been listening to astrologers over the past year speak of a turning point that is happening right now in our world, beginning precisely at this time. They speak of innovation, new ways of thinking, and of new ways to treat each other and deal with the major issues that plague our world. Of new beginnings for the world as an entity and for us as individuals.

Someone just sent me this video link via email. I think it is a prime example of a "new consciousness thinking." What an excellent idea. Here's hoping it can and will work out. Take a look and see for yourself.

http://xrl.in/60u7

Life Is Backwards

I think life has things backwards in terms of human existence. When we finally reach the age where we have gained a lot of wisdom and knowledge and our understanding of the true meaning of life emerges, our bodies begin to give out on us. Our hair starts to grey and/or fall out, as do our teeth, our skin begins to wrinkle, age spots appear, and our bodies begin to shut down, causing all kinds of irritating issues that cause us grief. We don't have the stamina we once had.

We began our lives with someone looking after us—feeding us, changing our diapers, and dressing us. We grew, we flourished, we learned, and we enjoyed life. Then the cycle reverses. We enjoy life, we begin to forget what we learned, we no longer flourish, we shrink, and so on, until we again need someone to feed us, dress us, and sometimes change our diapers.

Hmmm ... I think Benjamin Buttons wasn't such a freak after all. I think life got it right for him. He had the young body with the wisdom and knowledge and stamina we would all like to have at mid-life.