Volume : 4, Issue : 11, NOV 2018
OF RETIRED LIFE
DIBAKAR PAL
Abstract
Retirement means, service of the concerned incumbent is no longer required due to inefficiency caused by old age. They say, scrap that old machine and purchase a new one. Thus retirement implies opportunity to the fresh blood. An old man is complex-minded. Various experiences, good or evil, convert a simple man to a complex one. So a complex character may take judicious decision. But he is not suitable for implementation. For implementation fresh blood is preferred. This is why the proverb goes as – old is gold but young is bold. Old is just like the last rays of the setting sun having inner significance. Though variety is the spice of life, yet human being resists change due to uncertainty, injustice and fear. However, in retired life everything retards but one thing accelerates which is unconquerable death. As such before retirement a man must be mentally prepared for the change to be faced with, like an aero plane seen to run in the run-way before a smooth take-off. But in practice, lack of mental preparation is the main cause of “death- phobia” caused by retirement from this world just after the retirement from the service or business.
Keywords
RETIRE, OLD, INEFFICIENCY, COMPLEX-MIND, SCRAP, DEATH-PHOBIA.