#0512 Push up roses

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Inner Peace Be Upon You

# 0512 Peace and Blessings Every Day

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Push up roses

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It helps to keep life in proper perspective.

Your perspective often depends on whom you associate with.

I was at a business conference. I heard from entrepreneurs on

the struggles of start-up, the mistakes and the successes.

Everyone was geared to telling you how to get better which

translated into how to get more.

Captains of the industry were recognized not only for what they

had done but most likely what they would do.

The one exception was Ed Williams.

Mr. Williams was retired. His days of glory and trailblazing in

the industry were legendary, but they were days gone by.

He was the former head of the Health and Beauty Aids section of

Walgreens, one of the largest drug store chains in America.

Everyone else was struggling to get and maintain,

Ed was finished. He had a different perspective.

"75% of my waking hours were spent working with Walgreens, seven

days a week," he said. "When you retire, things change; it's a

shock that most high-powered executives aren't prepared for."

"I was over 5,000 people. I was responsible for over a billion

dollars a year in sales. I went from that to an area where I

didn't even know what the water bill was each month. Although I

was head of the house, I soon realized that my wife ran everything."

"I would wake up at 11 and ask my wife what's for breakfast.

She replied, 'Breakfast is at 7:30; after 7:30 "what's for

breakfast" refers to tomorrow.'"

Ed Williams kept us rolling in laughter about his retirement.

He was funny yet serious. Most of us had not given much thought

to the other end of the road; we were busy on the treadmill of

business.

There are two ends of the road.

Retirement, which is more of a speed zone than an end,

and after we "cross over."

"Too many of my colleagues dropped dead at 64," Ed explained

when he was asked why did he retire. Ed didn't use a more

politically correct term. "Dropped dead" was what he said.

"Some of my fellow executives were worth millions but had never

really left the office to enjoy it. I made up my mind to not

follow that pattern."

Ed Williams impacted me. It's easy to get wrapped up in the

hustle and bustle of making another dollar. Even when your

needs are met, you are still on the highway.

While in the middle, it's good to realize there are other ends.

Maybe it's time for some of you to leave the office for a few

hours a week and smell the roses, before you push up the roses.

~N. Bronner

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