By: Amoure Glover
As I’ve been getting older and meeting more people, I’m learning passion is starting to be something of the past. Why do we put an age limit on passion and dreams? I love when I meet children and their dreams are always high and have so many things they want to try they can’t even count them. But for some reason everyone starts to hear a clock slowly ticking behind them with a count down.
When I speak to children about what they want to do for their future, there’s fire behind their eyes as they speak. Usually from ages 8- 17.
As someone who has experience teaching children to adults is been an interesting observation. Children often talk of travel, after travel they’re pick up a new hobby of art, music, reading, even gaming. But they always have a new goal and passion for something at the end of the week, even if it sounds unattainable they’ll try.
While I talk to adults who are 35 and up, they feel less passionate about having a hobbies and interest. Is it because of work? The hard reality of financial burdens? Parenthood doesn’t allow for personal freedom? Sometimes it’s all of these, sometimes a combination. But pressure from others judgment I’ve learned is a HUGE deal for most. I can ask someone, “ why don’t you try that hobby you talked about?” And the answer I get most of the time is “ I’m too old to try” and “others will judge me if I try it now” and the class favorite “ it’s too late”.
I love the idea of it’s never too late and you’re never too old to try something new. There are even some celebrities who don’t reach their fame or peak till they are older. Like Stan Lee thanks to him we have Marvel, but didn’t get his comic books published till 1961, he was 39 years old at the time. Alan Rickman. Famous for his role as Professor Snape in Harry Potter, but his first major role as Hans Gruber in Die Hard helped his career, and that happened at the age of 42 years old. One of my favorites, Samuel L. Jackson. He didn’t start taking off till he was 46 years old for his role Jules Winfield, in Pulp Fiction.
I give you all of this to say. Chase that dream you wanted. Learn that that language. Travel to that place. Take the class. Send that application for the job. Don’t be afraid to chase and try.Passion has no time line and neither do your dreams. So leave a comment down below of your goals are for the new year!
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