Retirement Is Not a Long Vacation
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Music: Fugue #9 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2. Subscribe to this site on Substack |
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Retirement is not a long vacation, Even though at times it may so seem. The point now is the long-deferred vocation, In which the work is free to serve the dream. Retire well, then, as you long well labored, Embracing well the job you took of need, Making it a servitude well savored, Enduring work with joy your heart decreed. Now, though, you unburdened may pursue The calling that you always thought was you. Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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