Originally posted by robtcorl My wife is about 10 months from retirement and she most likely has the same reservations.
Sad too, since we're both fun guys to be around, just ask us.
Rupert,
I, and millions others, are very heartbroken this morning too.
Yes, I think Mrs Rupert is afraid of retiring. Yet, she is so busy with her other things in life I have no fear she will not miss her job. Her dedication to teaching the deaf already takes up 20-30 hours of each week, and I see that increasing when she retires. She has had offers from a private school and I hope she will take it at some point to teach sign language and to teach the deaf. She does love the deaf and is very dedicated, it would make her happy I do believe.
If it will help, I'll move out into my shop...I have it really nice out there now
...or Otis can make a place for me in the Woods of Otis? I've always wanted to be a squirrel anyhow.....
Empathy....I am cursed with an over abundance of empathy...for animals, for little children, for the disabled and sick, for the downtrodden, for those suffering the loss of loved ones. I can feel the pain, I can suffer, I can cry real tears. These things are not just numbers or objects, they are real beings...like me, like my loved ones. I feel it in that frame of mind..and it hurts very deeply.
I have no answers beyond myself. I can only strengthen myself to avoid hate and anger and realize that my worst enemy has someone that loves them, someone that needs them, someone that cares. I can't change others, but I can be responsible for me.
Regards!