The Future Belongs to the Rabbit

I am definitely a goal-oriented person. Most of my life, I have had goals about where I want to be in the next five years – family, career, money, life. I had a list eight years ago that was really important:

Have no debts - check
Buy a mustang – check
Go to Ireland – check
Play the Piano – check
Learn how to sail – check
Go horseback riding - check
Get a law degree – check
Learn how to ride a motorcycle – nope, prohibited activity by vote of my family
Build relationships with my three “children” – check

So, all of those things checked off – but one – and where do I go now? Apart from having grandchildren, which Corey and Natasha expediently checked off for me, I thought of other things I might want to do with my life:

Having grandchildren – check: Ayden
Start my own practice – check
Volunteer – check and check
Start a blog – check
Build a website – check
Teach:

Teach. So I wrote an e-mail to my contacts in the academic world. No sooner had I hit send, I got a reply from a former colleague who is head of the Human Resources program at the Chang School of Business, Ryerson University. A few months later, and now I will be TEACHING AT RYERSON! How cool is that?

One of the really amazing things is that, for the first time in my life, I am now a member of a union!!! Me, who has always sat on the management side of the bargaining table. Some of the union presidents that I used to negotiate with will absolutely love the idea that Brenda Glover is now a card carrying member of a union. How they would delight.

I’ll be happy to switch positions to the other side of the table if it helps me to achieve my dreams, though. I’m just hoping we never go on strike – I simply cannot imagine myself on the picket line. I’d have to wear the hopping mad bunny suit.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Even if they do end up looking like a silly rabbit.