The daily prompt wants to know – What experiences in life helped you grow the most?

I answered this question two years ago in a post called GROW and those observations are still true today, but I’ll add a few more below.

Playing sports.

Building my deck.

A few people I respect told me they saw something special in me. That I was capable of greater things than my current state and position.

The experience of grandchildren has allowed me to really relish the wonderful parts of children again without all the stress of raising and supporting them all over again. Well, we do spoil our grandchildren, so I guess in some ways we still support them.

I spoke about retirement in the first post about this question. I was only 2 months into retirement at that point. Now 2 years later it’s the gift of time in life that I’ve realized is so special. I feel more like myself again, not a bundle of stress running from one thing to the next. Well, I still do that now but with a smile on my face, because I’m doing the things I love.