[Oe List ...] Birthday Witness

[Richard Alton]

great- letting go is hard even when it is close
Dick

On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM Stuart Hampton via OE <
oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> I posted this on Facebook on my birthday a couple of weeks ago. It has
> been suggested that I share this with my OE/EI/Movement colleagues as
> well.  Gladly. Here it is....
>
> "This 74-year-old man is contented. This man is me. And it is not just
> that retirement has turned out for me to be the best gig of all (with
> musical performances, learning new skills, social events, service work,
> travel with family and friends, and a lot of time to read and reflect), but
> in a world fraught with uncertainties both within and beyond my control,
> I'm learning to let go. (We all have to let go in the end). As for the
> other picture, I'm not just the photographer trying to get this gorgeous
> snap, or the ageing walker experiencing fatigue, or the trip co-planner
> hoping we got the day's walk right. I am all of these realities, but more.
> I am also that Cabbage White butterfly flitting high and carefree above
> lovely Staithes in North Yorkshire on a glorious summer afternoon. Don't
> forget to also be the butterfly. Flit on, my friends, flit on."
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Richard H. T. Alton
ICA Global Fund
United Methodist Creation Care
The Last Chapter
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