Retirement is another word for opportunity. Retirement lectures fail to point this out. That doesn’t mean, of course, that everyone sees it that way. For those who have to retire because they have been given compulsory retirement or because of ill health it is often not easy to face the future. People should be encourage to look upon retirement, for whatever reason, as the start of a new life.Retirees have that most precious gift, that of time. They have time to talk to their neighbours over the fence. Spend longer time playing with grandchildren. They have time to take trips. A . Retirement lectures rarely encourage and motivate retirees to use their new found time to make a new life for themselves.”Fitter bodies and minds can be achieved by the wealth of available classes. Adult classes are social as well as instructive. With so many subject choices available, you are bound to have fun. Things that have in the past only interested you, now become excitingly available for study. By choosing reflexology classes for instance you can enjoy watch a class full of people enjoying getting their feet rubbed! Retirement Lecturers are failing new retirees by not making available the wealth of information of opportunities on offer.A warm welcome is extended to new members by dozens and dozens of clubs and associations. You don’t have to spend more time at the golf club but could take up archery or join a dramatic society instead. Dyou enjoy singing? If so why not join a choir or take part in a musical? If meditation is of interest to you, classes in theology are available? The retiree should come away from a good retirement speech full of the knowledge of the opportunities available to him or her.Giving a speech on retirement will effect the retiree, who is likely to be in a reflective mood. The enjoyment of the job and the friends made at work wil probably be a subject of his or her speech. He or she may have to thank a colleague for helping or indeed all those who contributed to a farewell gift. No longer required to face the rush hour traffic but enjoying a game of golfor meeting friends, the retiree concludes teasingly.Now is the time to do all those  things you’ve always promised yourself you will do, is a message a retirement speech should convey.

Anna lives in Spain and runs a Pursehook Company online selling Purse Hooks and Purse Accessories.

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