i am not sure if i am supposed to comment on a posted story or...but i am just going to share my own story...
almost 20 years ago i started volunteering at a rural hospital...my assignments were a lot different than i had expected...i had thought i would sit around with patients and play cards, exchange stories etc. instead i was the water getter, the bed maker, the wheelchair finder which i did...but not happily for a while till i discovered the joy of doing all these things. my favourite became making beds...the hospital where i volunteered had a lot of doctors from india so everytime i entered a room the patients...and visitors...thought i had come in with medical news so everyone was always surprised that i would start stripping the bed...i started telling them i flunked out of med school! But slowly i also discovered that this was such a great time to exchange stories...talk about ailments...and then talk about recovery...and then about home...and then about family...and in those sharing of times i discovered that i had a talent to bring joy to people...to make people feel better...and so i became what i have now described as my career as a professional volunteer...for the last 20 years i have done nothing but volunteer...i limited wants and moderated needs and discovered a new life of simplicity and endless receiving of smiles and blessings...
its been the best of times so my mantra to all i have met...and meet..is retire and volunteer...and you dont have to wait till 65 to retire and volunteer...just retire now and volunteer...
be well