One Story, One Song

[chili_factor]

I have been reading Canadian indigenous writer Richard Wagamese's book One Story, One Song for the last little while, and it has been pretty productive. It is described, I suppose, as a "memoir" but I think it is using his reflections on past experiences to think about the world and make a point for those of us who are interested in listening.

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[araquan]

Working for CP was frustrating, trying, draining, and unpleasant in many ways. But I did love my job, and leaving that behind has been something with which I have never really come to terms. I hate the fact that I am not doing it. But maybe there is another way.

I... think I feel this way about where I work now, and I have had to consider moving on. Partly because nowadays they never schedule me for anything. Literally- I have the next two weeks off, and probably the whole month in the end. And beyond. And if I do leave, I think I will probably not ever come to terms with it. It's a very unique job that I love very much- when there isn't BS going on behind the scenes- and I rather suspect I'll never do anything like it again. And I've been doing it for nearly half my life now (it will be half if I'm still here in 2019). So... yeah. How does one get past that

[chili_factor]

I suppose that, eventually, one has to come to terms with the fact that everything passes, and all that remains is to take away the good memories and move on. There is something unsatisfactory, perhaps, in there not being more good memories. But this is maybe what makes the ones we have so valuable.

The new beginnings may depend on us, to a degree. Eventually, the decision to "stick with it" will be the most compelling one. Until then... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWOpBwwpVfA