All Systems Go
It Worked For NASA
I was hoping it was going to work for me
The day is over
The night is still young
If it was Friday and I was a lot younger
Thirty -five years in the past
Local night clubs were the place to go after 8 P.M.
Where all the twenty-one year olds would drink and dance the night away
I tried the club scene
It wasn't for me
So I through myself into work
I worked not one job
Not two jobs
But three jobs
One fulltime job and two parttime jobs
Made me a better worker
Building character and appreciating the value of a dollar
When your working so much
You find out you spend little
That is more savings in your pocket
You don't have lots of free time
So your not going out to eat a lot either
Your money keeps growing in your savings
Slowly it builds over time
You cherish a half-hour of free time
When work gets slow and people get bored
You are overjoyed
Working less as hard and getting paid the same
Each job becomes a game of cat and mouse
You are trying to earn the most
At the same time giving your best
It takes skill and endurance
Not an easy task
I had plans for my future
That were far ahead of my time
The years rolled on by
After about thirteen years
I finally had enough
I didn't become finacially wealthy
My dreams were bigger than my physical ability
To turn my thoughts into my new reality
I worked hard
Real hard
Harder than anyone else my age
I sacrificed years of my youth
For a chance for finacial freedom
I gave up on my social life
I tried to be at many places whenever I could
There was no way around it
Sometimes I had to miss family time and get-togethers
Every holiday became a busier workday
Weekends didn't exsist
When I was off one job I worked another
I lived to work instead of working to live better
At this time
I met someone very special
Three years later we were married
Then I began to spend more time with my wife
Putting my old dreams on a shelf
Dusting them off every once and awhile
I talk about them and wonder
I gave it my best shot
Things didn't work out as I planned or dreamed
Then again I met the woman
Who understood how hard I had worked
She couldn't change the past
She had a different view on life
Money and success wasn't in her top ten
Love and passion where number one
Signing papers to buy a home out of state
Family and a home we could both afford
With two savings joined together
We could also accomplish some good things
In a half the time
She made sure we enjoyed our days off and vacations
It is funny how our life changes
In a direction we could never see
Now I spend my free time writing
A passion I always have had
Fulfilling a different need
Like eating a chocolate eclair
First you have the desire
Then you find one that looks delicious
You have to sit down to eat
You can't have them every day
They are good for a treat