tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post116928656558519895..comments2024-02-07T00:26:07.597-08:00Comments on Along The Way: LIFE PASSIONJoaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-1169574818914575412007-01-23T09:53:00.000-08:002007-01-23T09:53:00.000-08:00"... but I had seen enough of the world in various..."... but I had seen enough of the world in various businesses, been privy to enough innuendos about older workers, and seen plenty of business practices, heard about even more from others, to know the reality of our culture's attitude toward the aging individual as employee."<BR/><BR/>Perhaps this is true, but as the new 30 is at 40 years now, and the new 40 is at 50 years, perhaps this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-1169518363474504772007-01-22T18:12:00.000-08:002007-01-22T18:12:00.000-08:00If you have a life passion, fine--follow it. For ...If you have a life passion, fine--follow it. For most of us, I think, we have life <I>semi</I>-passions. Unless your kids are going to starve because of it, go with what seems appealing at the moment. Tomorrow, the appeal may change; but, if you're not doing something with great enthusiasm, you and the world are being cheated. We were always sold the bill of goods, when I was a kid, that we Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-1169517864979136642007-01-22T18:04:00.000-08:002007-01-22T18:04:00.000-08:00Ah, what a question.And it's one that has bugged m...Ah, what a question.<BR/><BR/>And it's one that has bugged me for a couple of years. At 52, I feel like I have let life just operate on auto-pilot, as if I had no control on my choices. Of course, when you are raising four kids without a college degree and a husband who is one taco short of an El Chico's combo plate, then choices seem rather decadent and unimportant.<BR/><BR/>Now, I am enteringCowtown Pattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07384649567351202679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-1169304221591380832007-01-20T06:43:00.000-08:002007-01-20T06:43:00.000-08:00Whew! Great food for thought here, Joared. As I wa...Whew! Great food for thought here, Joared. As I was reading it, I thought about my passion for working with flowers and blogging. It is too bad I can't get paid for blogging...LOL...I'd have a nice paycheck each month. <BR/><BR/><BR/>"The only way I know to find one's passion is simply to experiment with a variety of different interests."<BR/><BR/>I think you're right and the more variety you cankenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.com