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“The most important thing is to enjoy your life –to be happy –it’s all that matters.”

~Audrey Hepburn

Hey, I’m Farook.

A father, husband, weekend cook, pastry chef, budding nature photographer, techno-geek, blogger, star-gazer, coach, story-teller with an aspiration to “Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud”. Until recently, an ole soldier from the manufacturing industry, he shares stories of his journey. “There’s no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” And thus this blog.

All while reminding himself, “Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” Yes, it’s still a dream. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” “The most important thing is to enjoy your life –to be happy –it’s all that matters.” “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.

Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters of our lives won’t have a title until much later.” Retirement is when you stop living at work and start working at living, focused throughout on the happiness of pursuit. He shares the many facets of life’s journey, that allow him to Be Happy Retired.

Quotations used in this article:

“Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud”
– Maya Angelou

“There’s no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you”
– Maya Angelou

“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples”
– Mother Teresa

“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment”
– Stephen Covey

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world”
– Harriet Tubman

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life –to be happy –it’s all that matters”
– Audrey Hepburn

“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters of our lives won’t have a title until much later”
– Bob Goff

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