The right to retire
18 August 2011 | Carter's Beach, Port Mouton
Alex, hot and sunny
This is Dave's last official day of work, or as he says, he will soon be "unemployed". I humbly correct him and say no, hunny, you will soon be "officially retired" big difference, especially in the choice of words.
I firmly believe that our choice of words, that we speak and think, are so important.
Having recently read one of Alexander McCall Smith's book, a sentence comes to mind, where he writes that one character says to t'other that "we have earned the luxury of doing nothing", and that phrase resonanted with me, expept for the "earned" part.
It kind of made me think that really, why did we, as a society make such a harsh judgement call on ourselves... that one has to work, for what, 20, 30, 40 years before you earn the "right" to retire, to sit back and do nothing, or something... Le Sigh. But in either case, i liked the "earned the luxury of doing nothing" ;)
But anyhow, getting way off the topic here, it is Dave's last official day with the "Royal Canadian Navy" and then he is officially retired, having served for 33 years. Kudos to him.
Woke up this morning to calm waters and bright blue, not a cloud in the sky, skies.
Watching the fishermen off the beach raking something into his boat (seaweed, periwinkles, mussels?) and having our morning coffee watching the plight of the seagulls screaming as they invade each other's territory, and so the day begins. We have decided to stay here and enjoy "a day at the beach" but first will dinghy into Port Mouton and see what we can discover. Happy trails.