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masonry
We have dreams of being free
As we were for a while
under the illusion that we'd be
but we chose a path that keeps us hidden
behind the walls of the unforgiven
We have dreams of being free
As we were for a while
under the illusion that we'd be
but we chose a path that keeps us hidden
behind the walls of the unforgiven
That was very much my younger
That was very much my younger days, when my corporate career was my primary interest.
Starward
Corporate
So glad i didn't end up there. Although it probably would have been more lucrative.
© Ground
I often thought that, but I
I often thought that, but I also remembered---that the larger the job, and the more lucrative, the more it owned me and interfered with my private life, and those things which are now my real life---my faith, the poetry, some historical research, quiet evenings, etc. The rat race has one reward---what Saint Paul called filthy lucre. And to get that reward, the soul must be sold, and the integrity must be compromised. I want no part of that happy crap.
Starward
I didn't want to sell my soul
I didn't want to sell my soul either.
© Ground
I, too, am glad I didn't
I, too, am glad I didn't pursue the "rat race" of trying to acquire corporate advancement. Although my retirement will be based on social security mostly, and our budget as retired people will be tight, I have the satisfaction that I did not "sell my soul" to my first or second employer where my life life might have been severely altered.
Starward
Could use
A bit of that social security would be really useful about now
© Ground
You got that right!
You got that right!
Starward