AFTER RETIREMENT

  I just thought that this is relevant to all of us:

When the game is over, both the king and the pawn return to the same box.

This is a must read for all retirees. The truth is that all used and none functional bulbs are the same.

A Senior Executive retired and shifted from his palatial official quarters to the housing society, where he owned a flat. He considered himself big and never talked to anyone. Even while walking in the community park every evening, he ignored others, looking at them with contempt. 

  One day an elderly person sitting next to him started a conversation, and they continued to meet. Every conversation was mostly a monologue with the retired Executive harping on his pet topic, “Nobody can imagine the post and high position I held before retirement. 

 After many days, when the retired Executive eventually seemed curious about the others, the elderly listener opened his mouth and said, 

“After retirement, we are all like used and finished BULBS. It does not matter what a bulb’s wattage was, how much light or glitter it gave. I have been living in this community for the last 5 years and have not told anyone that: *I was a Member of Parliament for two terms. Over there is a man who was a Major General in the Army. 

That Man sitting on the bench in spotless white dress is PROFESSOR, a former lecturer at a University before retirement. 

He hasn’t revealed it to anyone, not even to me, but I know."

All used dysfunctional bulbs are now the same – whatever its wattage was –

  10, 40, 60, 100 watts –

 it doesn’t matter now. Neither does it matter what type of bulb it was before it got finished – LED, CFL, Halogen, Incandescent, fluorescent, or decorative. 

And that, my friend, applies to you too. The day you understand this, you will find peace and tranquillity wherever you are.

 Remember, the rising sun as well as the setting sun are both beautiful and adorable. But, in reality, the rising sun gets more importance and adoration,  whereas the setting sun is not given the same reverence. It is better to understand this sooner than later. 

Remember that when the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

Therefore, enjoy your achievements today/all that you have acquired today. 

Have a fabulous time ahead. Be at peace with yourself. At the end of the day all those certificates are nothing but just a piece of paper that will be replaced by only one certificate... 

Death Certificate.

Retirees, pls keep in touch and support each other. 

Where possible, put a smile on someone's face. Be your brother and your sister's keeper.

God bless you.