“I Quit” the title of a New York Times article jumped out at
me this morning and took me back 30 years to this very day when my husband and
I, having quit our jobs, and cashed out my retirement fund for air tickets,
jammed into five suitcases the remains of our material possessions after the
house had been picked clean by friends, relatives and neighbors, and quit the
only country we had known, landing on the other side of the world in a frigid
land to start life anew with our 9 and 6 year old children.
Knowing what I know now, would I do it over? Reflection is
an interesting trait that human beings possess and according to Socrates,
without it life is not worth living.
I walked away a few more times in the ensuing years,
pursuing a life that has shown itself to be increasingly rich with meaning, and
to that end I continue, but pause today with gratitude and love to the family
we were 30 years ago, and with the knowledge that we are still together in a
parallel universe.
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