I've heard it said that we should find our passions in life and find a way to make your living doing them. Okay, so where do I sign up and get paid to ride my motorcycle?
I am a 53 year old female who has joined the ranks of victims of corporate downsizing, which in reality at the company that I worked for means we don't have a reason to fire you, you just don't suck up the way we expect. So therefore I have been successful?! The longer I live, the less I appreciate the facade of Mission Statements and pretentious and insecure corporate weasels.........and you know who you are. Corporate America is corrupt and full of of these people.
Now the humorous thing in all of this is the fact that working for Corporate America afforded me the means and opportunity to have a few of the toys that I do enjoy. Would that be humorous or a contradiction??? Anyway, I am glad to be out of that rat race and would love to never re-visit it, but in reality I have a mortgage to pay and a motorcycle that doesn't run on water.
Just how could I make a living enjoying my passion? What would it feel like to wake up every morning and be excited about going to work? Would it be possible to actually enjoy working long hours knowing it's for you and not their pockets? These are but a few of the questions that play over and over in my head each day along with having a home in the Caribbean, a Catamaran to sail from island to island and ensuring my children and grandchildren have all they need. I see nothing wrong with dreaming big!
I don't have the answers or a lot of time left to find them. What I do know is that I am, for the first time in a very long time, if not ever, open to the possibility that I can re-create myself for myself. I'm excited about the possibilities and the adventure. As my friend Uka would say, "Life is but a walking shadow and this too shall pass".
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This has been a very great site Judy. I have read all that you have written and I found them to be extremely interesting. As for your passion with your bike; do not ever allow anyone to discourage you from your passion. I have always felt that it's never too old to pursue our own dreams; or the things which brings us happiness in life. We all need to find our happiness in our own way, and we should never ever be placed in a situation, where we have to justify, to explain, or to apologise to anyone for pursuing our own happiness.
Earl
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