Day three of the I am grateful for... challenge: 3.1) I am grateful for the hundreds of friends and former classmates I have been blessed with over the years. Each has enriched my life in some way and taught me something. In many cases, we have not always seen eye to eye on things, but in most cases, we worked through it because we had a mutual respect and valued our friendship more than the issue du jour. In a few cases, that respect and sense of was lost or never really there, either on my side or yours and we parted ways. That is OK-- it was better for each of us. 3.2) I am grateful for my many former coworkers, supervisors, mentors and managers over my multiple careers. I am where I am today because of you -- happily retired. You each know how you contributed to that in your own way. I will simply say I hope you can truthfully say your role was a positive one and that you can feel good about it. (Some may struggle with guilt on this part -- your problem, not mine.) Many in this group are also in group 3.1. You know who you are and I especially cherish you and all the great times we have shared. You have made my life richer, and I thank you. 3.3) I am (reservedly) grateful for Facebook because it allows me to reconnect, re-engage and renew relationships with all the groups of people I have mentioned thus far in this awesomely introspective and reflective exercise. Thanks again to my dear friend and high school classmate, Barbara Boldt Brown for challenging me to participate in this humbling experience.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 04:13:56 +0000
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