Abeg, make we yarn about dis thing wey dey sweet for person belle: retirement, no be so? E no dey chook us for eye like sharp nail, but e fit sweet pass cold, cold beer after hustle.
One director wey sabi, John Kelly, don koko up small animation wey dey sweet gidigba. E don create fine story wetin dey show how e wan live im life when dem don free am from the 9-to-5 wahala. Wetin e go do? Plenty things o! He go bake bread from scratch, learn Spanish well-well, and dey watch movie for afternoon like paddy wey no get wahala.
And no forget abt wetin e go try do. Im dey dream to play one sweet song for piano like maestro, arrange im pantry like e be expert, go for hike, and understand why people dey climb mountain in the first place. E go make you laugh, e go make you cry, but e go still carry you go that place wey we fit call ‘reality.’
As we dey happy for am, people dey remind us say e get as life fit be when e reach that retirement phase. E fit dey all rosy for dream, but when you land for ground, sometimes na wah. But e no mean say we no go enjoy am. Just like our guy Kelly, we fit still vibez on top light matter.
Meanwhile, wetin dey happen for other side? I no fit leave dis gist without mentioning Dana Shavin wey dey narrate im experience with im mama wey get Alzheimer’s. Last weekend, Dana go see im mama for awon memory care unit, and no be small wahala dey ground for there. E carry bagel, cream cheese, and hot coffee wey im mama dey enjoy, but e hear am dey talk say other residents don dey ‘leave’ like na end of season movie.
Her mama dey picture the place like resort, say she wan enter one of im three houses again. E no dey pain me, but e dey make me think, how person fit reason like dis wey no even get wahala? We just dey watch as she dey switch between realities like e dey fit balance two heavy pots for one leg.
And wetin be dis talk of ‘both/and’? E like say we fit hold two feelings wey no gree match for our mind. Like when you dey fear for public speaking but e dey ginger you at the same time. E go tire person o, but sometimes na so life dey sweet!
As if that one no do, Dana still run enter one tarot moment with friends for Greenville. Dem no be true believers, but dem decide to use ChatGPT carry dey read their fortune. E no be small duality, as those wey dey doubt still collect wetin e no suppose believe. Na so it be, the tarot dey blend lies and truth like dey dey ginger each other.
Sef, dem talk say she finally find road for new book project after time wey scatter her brain small. But gangan, dem mean say she dey enter ‘fallow period’ like e be garden, to rest. But who wan rest now? Na like say dem dey tell you say you no lose house, but you don downsized. Like, abeg, cool down!
For all dis retirement and dual feelings matter, the moral wey dey show na say we fit dey navigate life like we dey balance plenty palatable and bitter options. After all, life na mix of sweet and bitter, na wetin go help us find our way forward.
So, make we gear up for our retirement dreams and hope say e go sweet like we dey picture am. No be small something, o!
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