New Directions
It’s interesting to look back and see the journey you have taken to get to where you are (understandably, for some that journey may be considerably longer than others). Often, it’s the seemingly insignificant things that make the profound impacts in our lives and determine the direction we take.
When I was in school, I knew what I wanted to do with my life, I knew where I wanted to be by the time I was 25, and I knew how everything would work out. Now though, a lot closer to 25 than I was then, and things are somewhat different.
Did I fail? No. Did I give up? No. Did I chance my mind? No.
So what happened? Well, apparently I grew up. Not that my ambitions and goals were foolish, but I didn’t fully know myself back then – as most 17 year olds don’t fully know themselves.
I now find myself in a job, doing a degree and having prospects that I wouldn’t have thought of 6 years ago, and even if I had, wouldn’t have wanted them. Now though, it seems just right.
Interesting how, as we grow up, our dreams and ambitions change. Still though, there are some dreams that never change. Those are often the ones that remain as dreams for the remainder of our lives as common sense and responsibility take over and we set them aside – branding them as foolish and childish. We never really have the chance to live them.
The mid 1970s saw the end of the American Publication, ‘Whole Earth Catalogue’. On the back page of this final issue was their ‘sign off message’, which read, “stay hungry, stay foolish”.
In the middle of all that we find ourselves right now, would you be willing to take a risk and live out those dreams? Would you be willing to “stay young, stay foolish”?
Live, Love and Die Happy
Craig
