'Prosperity guilt' makes retirement uneasy.(WEALTH & RESPONSIBILITY)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: August 11, 2006| Author: Bryjak, George J. | Copyright information

After years of living and working in a big city, my wife and I retired to upstate New York. Surrounded by a few acres of land, a home in the Adirondack Mountains is a dream come true. However, I can't fully enjoy our new life.

The uneasiness usually starts after the first sip of morning coffee. Watching chickadees flit around a bird feeder or gazing at fresh animal tracks imprinted on an overnight snowfall, my reveries are interrupted by pangs of guilt. What have I done ...

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