tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17498157.post114988277261204108..comments2023-10-01T08:03:04.444-04:00Comments on Dove Tale Writers: Five Years old & Fifty Years old.Dove Tale Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15695792370927170911noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17498157.post-1150386466181855592006-06-15T11:47:00.000-04:002006-06-15T11:47:00.000-04:00Thanks for sharing that picture and artist renditi...Thanks for sharing that picture and artist rendition, Bob, and your interesting comparison with playing in the sandbox as a kid and your job now. <BR/><BR/>Got me thinking about my job. When I was a kid, I was pretty much of a loner, an outsider-personality-type, never fitting in anywhere, only a few friends (I had to change schools a lot because parents moved so I was always the new kid on the block. Sometimes I was lonely, longed for interaction with lots of kid, wanted to be important in the sense of having other people need me, but didn't feel that.<BR/><BR/>Now I am a volunteer coordinator, interacting with an amazing variety of people every week from the recently bereaved to refugees who have fled religious persecution in places like Iran to a born-again-Christian-middle-aged-singer-songwriter who sang to me in the office. They all want me to help them find meaning in their life through volunteering.<BR/><BR/>The job is emotionally challenging, sometimes draining, but often hugely rewarding. I have really found my niche. Not a sandbox, but metaphorically, the same.<BR/><BR/>PS I have watched the demolition of the Forsyth building outside my office window for 2 months... it is finally just rubble today. Interesting to see the tearing down part. Now, what will the City build? We need YOU over here, Bob, with your vision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17498157.post-1150301543657093072006-06-14T12:12:00.000-04:002006-06-14T12:12:00.000-04:00I don't think the rest of my blog name showed up i...I don't think the rest of my blog name showed up in the first posting. <BR/><BR/>I am "The Person who has known you for most of your life"! <BR/><BR/>Anyway, may you continue to enjoy your trucks and construction and play... the building will be lovely. The City of C. is yours.... so much architecture you've influenced...<BR/><BR/>Now I am off kayaking in the City that is yours on the grand little river system that runs through it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17498157.post-1150301185339893822006-06-14T12:06:00.000-04:002006-06-14T12:06:00.000-04:00You forgot one important difference - they now PAY...You forgot one important difference - they now PAY you to play in the sandbox.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com