[Alvin]

A little story

As children 13 my brother and I were seperated,and did not meet up again untill our 40's by which time he had worked like a trojan every waking minute to amass a considerable fortune.

He had just got married for the first time and had a 1 year old child.

I on the other hand I had never been particularly interested in work as I decided that my time on earth was the most valuable thing to me,so just did enough to get by.

I had by this time 4 grown up children,one of whom became very well off at a very young age,and was able to treat his old dad to little presents ( like a new car ) e.t.c.

On talking with my brother about our very different lifestyles ,he professed to envy me as he declared that he had wasted so many years of his life working and that now in his mid forties he was able to see how much he had missed.

Anyhow can a leopard change his spots.?

He carried on working at his usuall frantic rate,not being able to spare much time for his 3 growing children who all grew up with some problems.

And now have as little contact with there father as possible.

Sad thing is he is possibly the poorest rich person I know.

Alvin

[Chubster]

I agree with you Earl....there is far to much to see and do out there to work work work.

I spoke to a guy in a pub once, about 5 years ago, didnt know him (he was a brother of a friends, friend) he was a terrible ponce, smoked all my fags and even got a couple of free drinks out of me that night...BUT he was a amazing guy and I spent all evening just listening to all the things he had seen and done around the world. And he was only 24!

There is more to life than just working

[pvcprinting]

Alvin,

A very interesting post and something I am sure will provoke alot replies

I suppose it is possibly the most difficult area of life to get 100% correct

Everybody has a desire to succeed, to succeed unless you are born lucky requires alot of dedication and hard work

My view over the last 20 years whilst serving has been that the work/life was difficult enough without adding to the stresses by running a business

A thought crossed my mind some 5 years ago that the military may possibly not support me for the rest of my life and as such some effort was required in some form to address this

Armed only with the skills aquired during my service....some of which are unique to serving members I set up www.pvcprinting.co.uk

Initially set up as a hobby it has become increasingly important to make this work....even moreso now following our news to support Chloe in whatever her future needs be

Naturally this throws up another dilemma.....how do i ensure success whilst supporting both Paula & Chloe...this is obviously the most important thing...but it keeps me awake at night wondering how i am going to manage to juggle it

Interesting times ahead...thats for sure

[Martin-Subbynet]

Life is life and you take your path, but don't hold on to the regrets because they will only drag you to the abyss of dispair, instead make up for them while you can. His children are still his children, and as everyone is still alive, you can still make amends. It won't be easy, its never easy, but you can't do this after your dead - and that might be the biggest regret of your life sitting there on your deathbed. (And you never know when this day will come!)

It just takes willingness, effort and determination.

[Fuzzy]

Thanks for sharing