I am at a new crossroad of my life. Recently 56 years of age, recently laid off from the employer I served for nearly six years, I must chart the way for my next career landing.
Give me a spirit that
on this life's rough sea Loves to have his sails filled with a lusty wind, Even
till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his rapt ship run on her side
so low That she drinks water, and her keel ploughs air. -George Chapman