Personal Narrative: The Best Thing I Learned In Life

The time was two p.m. when I sat down with person A to conduct the interview. He is an older man who was in excellent shape for sixty-eight-year-old man, he had weathered, sun-spotted skin, gray thin hair and appeared to be average height. Person A seemed well educated and spoke with a lot of knowledge and opinions on today 's life. I must admit that he was hard for me to understand. He wore blue jeans and a dark tee-shirt which was slightly soiled and looked as if he had already been working on his yard today. The yard looked well manicure, with a small garden off to one side and colorful flowers along the wooden privacy fence that surrounded his large backyard. Person A seemed at ease with me as we sat there on his dark patio furniture with an umbrella to protect us from the heat of the sun. The old man had a glass of ice water in one hand which he sipped on periodical as if it were an afterthought. his other hand was tucked under one armpit and his feet were out …show more content…
He looks at me at one point and says,“the one thing I learned in life is that it is a good idea to keep family and work separate, you know, let work stay with work and be with your family when you are home, I think that that is the best thing you can do for yourself”.Person A reports that he is happy being his age and that he accomplished his career successfully. Now he is not devoted to work anymore and he is ready to do something really enjoyable. However being this age, he knows that he has only a few years left to live life, he is not energetic, like he was before when he was young. Yet, he enjoys the slowness of his old age. He has time to spend with his grandchildren and to teach them about life when he was young. This will allow him to adequately pass on any knowledge he might have to the younger generation. Person A really wants to spend the rest of his life with family and no work, which he can now