Three weeks away

"This is what we do. This is not who we are." Julius Tennon

In the grand scheme of things, what really matters?

Make of that what you will. This afternoon I referenced a quote from the husband of Viola Davis, "This is what we do. This is not who we are." He says he and Vi figured this out years ago: that their personal time and life is separate and distinct from their day job.

This is something that resonates with me as I approach retirement from the Corporate world in three weeks. With my day to day, that which I have been focused so diligently on for the past thirty years, removed, what will next fill the donut hole in the pastry that is my life? Does the who we are come to the forefront? Or is it better to keep focusing on more "what we do"?

I suspect more "what we do," only with a focus that is a bit more personal in terms of what the focus is. Keep a bit of a wall intact. But still, make the encore something that feeds our passions, doesn't dull our senses. Our small business, for example, or the art that the two of us strive for. Or, my desire to be a feast for beauty-loving eyes. Yes, that could be a full time job right there.

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