"The golden age is before us, not behind us." – William Shakespeare
Shakespeare lived to be 52.
Wonder if he was looking forward to being older? According to history records, he found his lasting
career vocation at the age of 30 by remaining an actor and playwright for Lord
Chamberlain’s Men.
Nowadays, people don’t find a vocation at 30 and stay there
for the rest of their working careers. Some
people do, some people find it earlier too.
Many do not though.
Are we as a
population too restless, too narcissistic, too impatient or too scattered to
find our vocation? Obviously Shakespeare
didn’t have all the options we have due to technology. But he did have the ability to dedicate focus
to a passion he loved.
Maybe Shakespeare was on to something. Have dedicated focus to a passion you love
and then you'll find the vocation you want to stick with until death?
“Before
us” might just mean being in the moment, right now, not in the past, not in the
future, but right now allowing us to dedicate focus on our passions.
Whether you’re 20 or 50, like Shakespeare at 30, it’s okay
to explore dedicated focus to what your passion is, what you love doing, or
perhaps even discover what is vocation you’d love to until death.
“He that cuts off twenty years of life cuts off so many years of fearing death. (Act III, scene 1, line 101; Julius Caesar) ~ William Shakespeare
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.” - William Shakespeare
