Change comes to us by choice or chance, but rest assured it is going to happen. Whether you believe it happened because you didn't say your prayers or because you should have taken the bus or because shit happens, change is inevitable.
This change is not my choice, and while my emotions have run the gamut, in the end I am mostly happy. In spending time with O, I have learned so much about myself, and a couple things about him. I hope I challenged him with my endless questions but I'm sure my immaturity stood out much more. Even with some rash and childish behaviour on my part, I have always felt treated as an equal person. O has has taught, guided and led me to realizations about so many things, including many early life lessons. He has definitely played a part in shaping who I am, where I am, what I do and how I choose to live my life. He is one of very few people who has most impacted my life.
I wish I had been more forthcoming and could go back; don't we all? If I had asked those extra questions, listened sooner, made different choices, shared more. The struggles could have been less, would have been less ... well, hind sight.
O's time in this career is coming to an end and the never faltering assistance he has provided will be so missed. I will miss our discussions and debates, the good and the bad. I don't know if he will ever know how often he has been in my thoughts; speaking to and mentoring me in absentia. That I will have forever.
I wish him nothing but the absolute best. I hope O's next activity will provide him with joy and happiness and fulfillment and peace.
This change is not my choice, and while my emotions have run the gamut, in the end I am mostly happy. In spending time with O, I have learned so much about myself, and a couple things about him. I hope I challenged him with my endless questions but I'm sure my immaturity stood out much more. Even with some rash and childish behaviour on my part, I have always felt treated as an equal person. O has has taught, guided and led me to realizations about so many things, including many early life lessons. He has definitely played a part in shaping who I am, where I am, what I do and how I choose to live my life. He is one of very few people who has most impacted my life.
I wish I had been more forthcoming and could go back; don't we all? If I had asked those extra questions, listened sooner, made different choices, shared more. The struggles could have been less, would have been less ... well, hind sight.
O's time in this career is coming to an end and the never faltering assistance he has provided will be so missed. I will miss our discussions and debates, the good and the bad. I don't know if he will ever know how often he has been in my thoughts; speaking to and mentoring me in absentia. That I will have forever.
I wish him nothing but the absolute best. I hope O's next activity will provide him with joy and happiness and fulfillment and peace.
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