Finding Your Swing

I read my MP's blog regularly and look forward to the posts.  Glen Pearson uses this medium to express his feelings and opinions on many issues in an honest, intelligent, and non partisan manner that I find refreshing.  Today he put up a post entitled The Swing Is Gone.  Glen describes the effects of how time away from the people he loves effects him.  You can read the post here.  He shares thoughts in the post that truck drivers can empathize with.

Time away from home and from family is part of the job we do.  You can't escape it, you have to find a way to cope with it.  I have a couple of advantages over Glen.  My wife and I no longer have young children at home so I do not have to juggle those needs and commitments.  Neither do I have the degree of responsibility that Glen does as a public servant.  That been said it still does not make dealing with the isolation that comes with the job any easier to cope with.  In fact I struggle with ways to give back to the community I live in and the industry I work in.  I believe this is a big part of the path to happiness, personal liberation, and personal freedom in our lives.

Reading Glen's post made me glad that I am now spending regular time at home with my wife.  In fact I am also expecting my daughter to arrive in a few minutes for coffee which is becoming a regular weekly routine for us.  Another benefit of regular home time.  After doing open board work and spending so much time on the road for the past several years I did not realize what I had been missing.  I'm very thankful for the change and for the ability to find my own swing.

Thanks for the great post Glen!!