To be or not to be...

oldaunt said:
I had an idea for a local horse rescue, for which there was a huge need at the time. Took me 2 years and a lot of doing without, and the help of a forum called Horsecity.com, but I got it up and running and did a lot of good for a 15 year run before I simply burnt out and had no more help. Volunteering really isn't all that dependable for help. I do still have one old 44 year old rescue who has been here since 2005.
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My DD did the same with dogs.. and she did it in a non English speaking country... kudos to all of you animal rescuers... 🤗
 

I taught this part to my lil nephew when he was 3 years old:

To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?

..but didn't go further because I thought he'd be scared by the references to dying.
 
I had several ideas for new businesses when I was at the height of my career but was drawn in by the thought of the security my career provided, so I never followed through with them. I did, however, leave a secure, well-paying job of 15 years to go to a tech-savvy "start up" company in 2000. It was a miserable time in my life, but it eventually got me to a better place when a good friend asked me to go to work for her at an established company. I did, and I stayed there for 20 years before retiring.

Back in 2006, I had the idea of researching new places to live after 18 years in South Florida. We were not happy living there (hurricanes, traffic, rude people). We ended up moving to Dallas because it made financial sense and I was willing to make the leap. My company kept me, so I worked from home for 14 years. We still love our quality of life and have never looked back. We also relocated my mother from South Florida to Dallas. I bought her place in her 55+ community pre-construction, picked out her location and the finishes in her home. She always said it was the favorite place she'd ever lived.

So, I'm all for change if it's for the better. "No guts, no glory".
 
This was my inspiration:

Invictus by William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

This is my reality:​

I was beaten down by people and by circumstances throughout my life - thwarted at every turn. I succumbed to what I called "failure syndrome," meaning that if I didn't bother trying, I couldn't fail. My greatest aspirations were unmet.

Yes, I am disappointed with myself. But, at my age, it bothers me less.
 

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