He inspired me to leave that job

in news •  4 years ago 

That’s when I met Hank. Hank had been a B-17 tail gunner in World War II, at a time when the survival rate for pilots was roughly one in three (according to him). He told me story after story during the many lunch breaks I ate in his apartment. He showed me the emergency kit he was given in the war, for the worst-case scenario of being shot down in combat (It was essentially cigarettes and a light snack).

He had a catchphrase that he said over and over I’ve got a million stories, and some of them are even true. Some of them were very much not true, like when he swore up and down that the Germans shot green and red anti-aircraft shells at his plane on Christmas day.

For the short time I knew him, he was my hero. He made me want to have stories, to forget some of the amazing things that I had experienced because I had experienced too much to remember.

He inspired me to leave that job and look for something more flexible so that I could go back to school.

He inspired me to travel.
He taught me that happiness is not something that you just go out and find. It is the byproduct of a well-lived life. When things are drawing to a close, all you have are your experiences and your stories to keep you warm. The more time you spent chasing money, the fewer stories you’ll have.

I met a lot of people working in that retirement home, and we can easily divide them into two categories. The happy ones and the bitter ones.

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