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Retirement Sentiments.Retirement Stories from Real People.Stories invite us into another world and reveal important messages, indirectly. Sometimes we connect with stories, books and films as though they have a personal message for us. As if, “that’s the story of my life”.
The Bucket List: It's About Time! - You may have seen the movie "The Bucket List" - DO YOU have a Bucket List? ... Retirement? Never! - I love the sentiments expressed in this prize-winning Toastmasters' Speech ... About Butler - That last day at work ... after "About Schmidt" - the Jack Nicholson movie ... This funny and moving story takes a sobering look at retirement.
Follow The Yellow Brick Road - In your transition to retirement, you may wonder if you have the resources you need for the new situation. The Wizard of OZ reminds you that sometimes you need look no further than your own backyard.
The Road Not Taken - When you come to a fork in the road, how do you decide which way to go?..
The Mountain Kings of Africa: If you’re looking for retirement ideas, you might try an adventure holiday...
Let's Go!: “Do something you would love to do, really want to do.” This was one of my prize winning Toastmasters speeches. I was 50 at the time of the adventure it describes...
Christmas Eve, 1954.: Sometimes, we retirees get nostalgic as we look back with happiness and gratitude at “the way we were”. Many of the older “Baby Boomers” will have their own version of this story...
Transitions: We experience many changes and cross many thresholds in life. We leave school, leave home, change jobs, get married, parents die, we retire...in all those cases we are faced with the need to give up one way of life and begin another...
Circle: One of the challenges you may face in mid-life is supporting aging parent(s). This story also deals with assisted living and senior living communities...
Vocation: In this story, a teacher reflects on the disparity between the dreams he had for his career, and what he feels he has achieved. He is heartened by thoughts of small pleasures and triumphs...
Life is beautiful: A philosophical, and sometimes humorous, reflection on the mid- life transition. This is a phase when thoughts of major change or early retirement might first surface...
Trudy: This is a story about one of my best friends, and learning to let go with dignity, humanity and gratitude. Retirement is a time to let go of former colleagues and roles and begin again...
Going back: “I knew then why I had come back...to discover how I had changed.”...
Peter the Great.: Prepare to be surprised and entertained as you enter the curious world of stage hypnotism-but this is also a story about the roles we play and the choices we make...
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