Posted June 22, 2009

Life is too short.

In planning a highschool reunion I am reconnecting with long ago classmates. Their lives have taken some very interesting and varied paths. One is afraid her father will locate her. (I don’t want to know more) Others want to keep their contact information secret. (What gives with that?) 

            

One lives in Hawaii, no kids, and his life’s mantra is “Life is too short for a full time job.” Hmmmm. Gotta think about that. That is the exact opposite of my life mantra, "I don’t have enough time to do the work here on earth that I have been put here to do." 

            

Another colleague long ago said “I don’t live to work, I work so I can afford my life.” I didn’t understand that at all. Only now, later in life do I begin to appreciate that concept, that life is not about work, no matter how important.

          

But I still have trouble with that concept. My dear friend the BugMan, just yesterday, having now lost 100 lbs by sheer willpower and cutting fat out of his diet, explained that life is about relationships. Get that. Not about work, products, results, but about our relationships. 

            

This is something I need to think about much more.

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