Blogging from A to Z April Challenge- Letter O

WELCOME, EVERYONE:

 to my second year in the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge.

Since I plan to retire shortly, I thought an alphabetical look back at my paying library career and a look ahead to my crafting and writing career would be a good use of my 26 days in this challenge, 26 wonderful words for retiring me. Hope you enjoy. I am looking forward to reading whatever you share this month on your blogs, too.

LOOKING BACK: 
Obstacle- (something that stands in the way or obstructs forward progress.) 

I can see clearly now, the rain has gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright, bright sun-shining day
It's gonna be a bright, bright sun-shining day

I think I can make it now, the pain has gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for
It's gonna be a bright, bright sun-shining day

Look all around, there's nothing but blue sky
Look straight ahead, nothing but blue sky
I can see clearly now, the rain has gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way.
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day.

Thank you Johnny Nash for the perfect description of how I felt and how I feel now.

Looking ahead: 
Observation- (an act of recognizing or noting a fact or occurrence.)

You wake with that brilliant idea, an outstanding book plot, poem title, collage idea, you roll over scribble something down on the beside pad you keep there for just such ideas and go back to sleep with a feeling of a job completed.
Then the next morning, you try to decipher what you have written.  Whatever is on the pad is obfuscated, obtuse, oblique, opaque, occluded, obscure and somewhat odd. Some of my best work begins like that.

Thanks for stopping by.