"I climbed to the top rung of the ladder only to discover I had it leaning against the wrong wall."
-Joseph Campbell
Are you over 50, wondering what you want to be when you grow up? Is the book of your life a page turner? Do you feel eager to discover what the next chapter contains? Or is your book of life putting you to sleep? Many of us in our wisdom years - or seeing them quickly approaching - experience a spiritual crisis, a crisis of consciousness. It feels too late to try and figure out now what we want to be when we grow up. We cant even remember what future dreams we held as children. Yesterday, I spoke with a former CEO now in seminary. He said that the combination of a poetry class and a High School reunion was his wake up call. Of all the fellow classmates he encountered, not a single man was living out his dreams.
What did you want to be when you grew up?
What were the first ideas, dreams, inklings you had?
After college, where did you envision making your contribution to the world?
Its never too late! I once coached a man in his late 70s who came to me after a failed suicide pact with his wife. They had planned5B4 to set out in their sail boat together, open up the bailers in the transom and let the boat sink. The universe had other plans and she was killed in a head on collision with a drunk driver.
No longer able to get around easily, he did not feel that volunteering was a viable pursuit. He was losing his vision, which hampered his life long passion for reading. But he was a career physicist with a brilliant mind, and there turned out to be a swarm of young men willing and eager to come to his home to hear him talk. They enriched his later years. If you wanted to be an artist, community helper, or aerospace engineer when you were young, ask yourself how you can rekindle that passion. Live out a piece of your earliest dream now and enhance your wisdom years. Hire a life coach and get excited about your next chapter.
Nanci Weston Adair, MA, LCPC
GoalModel Life Coaching
11 Rowe Avenue, Portland, ME 04102
Nanci@goalmodel.com Nanci Weston Adair MA, LCPC Founder of The GoalModel MethodTM.
Nanci is a delightful and energetic presenter. She brings 30+ years of dedicated service in the holistic health field together with a lifelong passion for metaphysics. Coaching clients describe Nanci as challenging, encouraging and strategic. Nanci has delivered seminars to business2D5 leaders and corporations across the U.S. Nanci has recently completed her book on The GoalModel Method for personal and professional achievement. Nanci maintains a home, studio and business in Portland, Maine.
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