In A New Place
WORDS FROM W.W. January 1, 2015
Today is my first official day as a retired pastor. Coincidentally it meshes with January 1, a day linked with new beginnings. Numerous people have congratulated me and asked me what I will be doing in this new part of my journey. I’ve been thinking a lot about that and have come up with some possible ways to invest my time. Here’s a few:
-Become a gamer! I have a PS2 in my study (currently covered up with books) that I have used about…twice in the past four years since my son-in-law passed it down to me. I bought thirty games for it at a garage sale three years ago for a dollar a game. I could hunker down and strengthen my thumbs.
-Get a job! Actually, I’m applying to substitute teach. But another possibility is being one of those people that puts cheese spread on crackers at Costco for people to sample.
-Watch all the TV shows I currently have on my DVR!
-Cook!
-Start a lawn mowing business! I’m thinking “Pastor to Pasture” Lawn Care!
-Take a class at Pike’s Peak Community College.
-Hang out with the retired guys drinking coffee at McDonald’s.
-Get a personal trainer and become a muscle-bound phenomenon.
-Sit in Starbucks writing Words from WW.
So many options!
My “hope” is to read, reflect, meditate, and write. I have about ten years of Leadership Journal issues, piles of past copies of Time, the daily newspaper, and a lifetime of books. Reading is one of the main ways that influence my reflecting. Something appears on paper that resonates with me and causes me to think about what is and what could be.
Retirement will give me a chance to pause and reflect, sit and ponder, and meditate on scripture.
My ability to write is intimately linked to reading, reflecting, and meditating. The clearer my words get pecked out the more I’ve been able to ponder. January 1 is a great day to say that I will write a blog post each day of the coming year…but also a little unrealistic. But I will think and write, say some things that are taken as profound and most as ordinary.
Ask me how things are going in a couple of months and I may be able to give you a better answer. Right now it is simply dreams of what might be!
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