07/21/2024
I've helped 30 or 40 people out since retiring. I am now considering shutting this page down. The questions and requests for assistance have gone down to the point that I feel my base can get along without me.
I've now been retired for about 5 years and most likely will not be returning in any significant way.
This is a post from my personal page that might explain my position better.
Be well and reach out if you do need anything.
I still do check my IM's.
Recipe of the day: I'm considering removing the page I made for my business. It has been up for many years, but the impact and help it has provided is now at the point that it doesn't matter any longer. As a part of this shut down, I'm also thinking that I should share how I really feel about the people I worked with over the years.
It would not be pretty.
I'm not sure that any venting would have any impact beyond making me feel better, since the evil of the world often gets away with slanting facts in their own favor. The facts and truth matter less and less, until even our own perception is ruled by our emotions rather than our God given common sense. People go on as though they've never wronged anyone, comforted by alcohol or a warped set of morals that they have never been held accountable.
I spent a life filled with service to others and have nothing to show for it, with few exceptions.
My kids are those exceptions.
One of the people I have had issues with is ending their life with no legacy.
they have some extended family and a little money and nothing else.
Another has had nothing but heartache, with offspring that are constantly in drugged turmoil.
They cope with alcohol, getting through life in a drunken stupor, often getting caught and buying their way out of legal troubles.
Including murder.
My life has been so much better by putting these individuals in my rear view mirror and moving along with my life.
A part of me has often hoped that they meet the ends they deserve and get to look back over a life filled with selfish pursuits.
That hasn't happened and perhaps never will.
My kids, on the other hand, have had some very minor missteps, but are productive members of society.
I'd like to think my guidance has had something to do with that.
If legacy matters at all, the next generation will be even better.
I have a sense of pride seeing where my kids are and where they're going.
As I think about cutting my final ties to my business pages, I wonder if I should go out with a bang or just a whisper.
In the grand scheme of things, I'm not sure it would matter either way.
The only effect it would have is in knowing that I went out with the truth on my side.
I'm still thinking about that.