What a Difference a Decade Makes

This decade is going to be different. It will likely not even come close to the change, both good and bad, that has occurred over the last decade and the one preceding it, nonetheless, it will be different.

I'm looking forward to a new decade with only a few, minor changes. It's not like I plan to become a new and improved version of myself. I just want to take the time to think-out, or dare I say plan, where I go and what I do a little more carefully. Thoughtfully.

This is a start. I mean, the simple act of thinking about it and writing this down is the start.

There are several work-life decisions that need attention over the next several months. And, then, some longer-term plans that need to be worked-out. The entire ten-year-plan will end this decade as we become empty nesters when the little boy finishes high school and leaves the house to start his life as a young adult. Then, the following decade will be full of big changes in my life - I'm very excited even now for the change to arrive.

I hope that in ten years, this new and promising decade, I can look back and think of how today made a difference for all of the tomorrows to come.

Love in My Life

Watching the Oscars last night, I heard this quote for the first time by Paul Newman playing Chance Wayne in Sweet Bird of Youth:

"The big difference between people is not between the rich and the poor, the good and the evil. The biggest of all differences between people is between those who have had pleasure in love and those who haven't."

Nicely put... reminds me of how grateful I am for the love in my life.