I’m currently reading
Being A Proactive Grandfather: How To Make A Difference, written by Richard Eyre.
“
Men Of A Certain Age
They’re a lot of us,
Guys between fifty-five and seventy-five,
Wondering
What to do next.
Still plenty of energy and more capacity
Than ever before,
At the peak of our powers.
So what?
Keep working until we die, extend the routine?
Retire, find a house on a golf course, pull back, dry up?
Travel, leave everyone and everything behind?
Start a new career, start over, and take risk?
What if we want a little of all these,
But we want something more?
For most of us, there is another option,
For our effort and energy, our focus and force,
Hidden in plain sight, right under our noses:
Grandkids!
Little extensions of ourselves, legacies,
Growing up in a world that is harder
And more complex
Than ours was, or our kids’ was.
They need us,
And we need them - there can be symbiosis.
We know there is delight there, and opportunity,
But we don’t know how, or when, or even what;
We’re not confident as Grandfathers and
Our role is not clear.
That’s the reason for this book.”
