I have seen you struggling over there. Coming to the end of the work life tunnel. You might be feeling lost, confused, unhappy and perhaps overwhelmed by the possibility of spending all your hours at home with "that person" you have been with. You want freedom to be who you are again. You've dived so deep into your family and work life for so long that you forgot about yourself. She is a bitch to you but you don’t know why. She’s never wrong and don’t hold herself accountable……Ever! However, I understand. I understand that you have led this life living as though the world was on your shoulders trying to be the lover, magician, king, warrior, comedian and parent. Trying to be perfect. She even physically hit you at times. But yet, It's exhausting throwing that paycheck for 40 years at the American Dream a few kids and several dogs later now crossed over the rainbow bridge. You’re broken… Does this sound like you. Trust me, you were meant for more!
But I see you there. All of you. The inside of you who you want to be. But the problem is... I think most of you don't know how to get there. Your way has been littered with "doing" instead of "being". Acting instead of relaxing. Manifesting other people's dreams instead of your own. And probably your soul is tired.
And in your little kingdom wrapped up neatly in the paid off house, maybe another property, the empty nest and the dissatisfaction of perhaps a lifetime marriage ... you want more. You have known you want more for a long time. You have the wisdom of the ages, the body of a sexagenerian and time is fleeting.
Who are you? Do you know? Do you know who you want to become?
That's what this book is for. These are meditations to help you find your way back to ...YOURSELF.
Sometimes these meditations will be short enough to deliberate while in the privvy. Some of them longer to ponder during your last days at the job and some just to make you laugh.
Meanwhile, I use the generalized term "you" for most of these meditations. I have a tendency to switch tenses as a writing style so I apologize in advance if that drives you crazy.
Also these are fictional stories that come from real life people: told in a manner as relative experience. These men have been in your shoes. These amazing men have become what they have always wanted to become. Most times these types of personal transitions and sojourns were extremely painful for them. However, emotional surgery will leave you healed down the road on a path toward peace and the scars will be the experience that led you to who you are in your twilight years. Bold love without fear will leave you unstoppable.
This is where you are today...but you don't have to stay there. You don't have to feel lost, stuck, invalidated, obsolete or irrelevant. There is purpose out there for you...and your path to peace is shorter than you think.
It's time to re-claim your life as you head into your sunset years with love, peace, laughter and brilliance. It's time to Find Your Way Back to Peace.