What’s next?
After so much up and down for nearly two years, we are finally on a nice little stretch here – spring is the air, Tin is more than we could have asked for in a son, the economy though not recovering to any great lengths is moving ahead, and so we are looking forward to the year. The other day a friend was over and he was telling us all the horror stories of his children when one pushed a quarter up the other’s nose, one had a huge allergic reaction right at the time about four kids had died from some strange virus, and on and on. I said I hope Tin doesn’t have any emergency visits – and he looked at me and said, “Get ready, it’s just starting.”
Can we talk about something else, I said to him. We then talked about his work and his plans for growing his business (which is shrinking and growing depending on his mood). I had just spent time with another friend talking about whether she would retire and what would the next phase of her working life be. I have friends getting into Jazz Fest for the first time with their art and some who did not get in this year for the first time. Things are constantly in flux it seems.
Somebody left some words of wisdom for Tin that said to be constant to yourself as that will guide you through uncertain times. I think that was great advice and it actually dovetailed with several of the other entries in his birthday book – be happy with what you have, be prepared to give up the life you had planned for the one that awaits you, don’t take anything for granted, etc. To thy own self be true.
It’s nice to know you don’t know everything and therefore can’t predict the future. But when the future comes it’s always nice to know it will be you who shows up.
March 07, 2010
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Taurus (4/20-5/20)A whole new way of earning your daily bread may be well within your reach now, so if someone comes along with a good offer, don’t automatically turn it down. That goes double if the offer arrives after a certain person notices just how talented you are at something other than your actual vocation — your hobby, for example. Wouldn’t it be nice to do what you love for work? It’s not out of the question, you know.