Have to admit – Favre was a man's man

17 years in the NFL

275 games started in a row – records for TD, yards, one of top 5 of all time

Jaworski had the record before – 116 games

More than doubled it

Had a job every man in Green Bay and 80% of American men would do anything to have

Packers QB

And this week he walked away

Knew when to call it a day – rare trait

Most stay too long – entitled, trapped by debt, health, family

Mentally tired – at age 39

And now Favre has the chance to reinvent self

That is what retirement is about

Not Denny's, RV, early bird specials, bus tours, building collections of spoons

Not sitting around bugging your wife at the house

Or hanging around folks who are working watching them work - gadfly

Or drinking coffee at the diner

Convinced that retirement the way we look at it now – immoral

In fact, morally wrong – immoral

Never put it in park, and then wait for death

Bowden – won't step aside – knows what the next big event is

Reinvent self – give, serve, love

Freed from some of stresses of daily living and earning income

God not done with me yet

Bigger vision for life than reach 62, 65, 67 or 70 and then cash it in

Payday broke Payday broke Retirement death

Hope Favre retires with grace – only 39

Could invest self in coaching kids, championing a cause like Katrina rebuilding

Perhaps be a farmer and advise or mentor young men in community

Know nothing about his faith life – know he has matured beyond hedonism of youth into a loving father and husband

Done great things for his communities (EG)

take that wisdom and advise NFL players or other athletes for that matter – stuck in middle school maturity level

But use it well – make the second half count

What is the right way to retire?