{"id":9646,"date":"2014-01-28T22:09:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T22:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=9646"},"modified":"2014-01-28T22:13:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T22:13:07","slug":"its-about-time%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=9646","title":{"rendered":"It’s about time\u2026\u2026.."},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have a confession to make. \u00a0Until I retired I was very busy, sometimes too busy for family and friends. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always appreciated my family and my friends, but the day to day grind made it very hard to devote as much time to them as I knew I should. \u00a0The last six months has been really great as I’ve had more time to stop what I was doing and say yes to many requests from my family and friends. \u00a0Being a husband, father, grandfather, and friend is a time consuming commitment. \u00a0I’m learning more than ever that you get out of relationships what you put into them.<\/p>\n

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Just recently I have finally gotten started with Facebook. \u00a0I’m still trying to get my Facebook page up and rolling after years of neglect, but the His Light Friends Facebook page has been a great daily way to stay in touch with some of the people that really matter to me. \u00a0I’m sure that a proclamation like that over the last few years wrung hollow, as I just din’t follow up on so many emails and calls! \u00a0It really wasn’t that I didn’t care, I just was being pulled in so many directions. I was watching TV the other night and started seeing the commercial for the Masters. \u00a0I was at every Masters for eight years! \u00a0I have to be honest I got a big smile on my face remembering that that is one more week of my life that I’ve gotten back every April. \u00a0April is spring flowers, full streams, and fun outings with my grandchildren and Sherelene, not golf!!!!<\/p>\n

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You don’t have to retire to put your time in it’s proper place. \u00a0It is matter of deciding what really matters, and then making plans to do the most important things, first! \u00a0I’ll be praying that you will be able to tame the clock! \u00a0Please believe me, the rewards are amazing\u2044<\/p>\n

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Blessings,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n

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Photo Note: \u00a0Fuji X-E2 and the 60mm Micro lens. \u00a0ISO 1600<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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