I couldn’t decide what to title this blog entry. Without question, what I do know is that I have been eagerly awaiting the time when I would write another entry. I wasn’t going to let myself, nor did I have the time, until I finished something HUGE. You see, for the past two years I have been working on my masters degree (Masters of Education in School Counselling); something I never imagined I would do. In fact, over the years when asked if it was something I’d consider doing, my response without hesitation was always an emphatic no. Completing my undergrad was one of the most stressful times in my life and I had no desire to put myself through that again. However, people change and there are times when we find ourselves following different paths than perhaps we thought we might.
Today is a day for celebrating! It is the long-awaited day that I handed in my final project, thus allowing me to call myself officially done. I have attended courses via Zoom nearly every Saturday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm for the past two years, written countless papers, spent many an hour perseverating over them, read a plethora of textbook pages, and shed, dare I say, more than a few tears. For those of you who have your masters, you know the work involved. Over the years, I had heard several colleagues talk about their masters as they worked through them. I have to tell you, until I’d done it myself, I truly had no idea how much effort it entailed. I have gained a new respect and appreciation for anyone who is/was willing to give up their free time for a two-year duration to achieve this goal.
Getting back to the title and the theme for this post…the reason I was steered in this direction was because I wanted to reassure people that they sincerely are never too old to go after their dreams and goals. I was on the north side of 50 when I began this pursuit and although it was challenging, it will have been worth it. I have learned so much about myself and people in general, I have made some wonderful new friends, and I have opened some new doors – doors that even three years ago I didn’t know that I wanted to be open. I can honestly say that I am ecstatic about the future and what it holds for me!
As I write this, I am still uncertain of whether there is a counselling position awaiting my acceptance come September (which isn't very darn far away). Thankfully, I feel zero stress about it. I have trusted in the process the entire way and somehow knew that everything would fall into place - and it has. To be honest, I have done a lot of pre-paving too. Not to get off topic, but pre-paving is when you put out to the universe what you would like to happen. The chances of it actually happening are greater when you think about what you would like to happen rather than simply letting life occur on its own. Try it out and see, it really does work. So… I have been thinking, and telling others all along, that I wouldn’t find out about a position until the week before school begins, and that’s what will happen. I know it will. All that I have planned regarding my masters has occurred, so I know that next week I will get the call, and my life will be forever changed; my new path will continue to unravel itself step by step.
For now, I will continue packing up my classroom. As for you...I’m hoping that if you have been putting off pursuing a challenge, dream, or goal because you thought you were too old, you will reconsider. Life isn’t over until we are no longer walking among the living. What is it you have been telling yourself you are too old to do? You and I both know that if you really want to make it happen you can. The question now is, will you? Remember, you’re never too old to start something new, new beginnings are a wonderful option, and starting over may be scary at first, but we are meant to grow and learn because if you are not growing, you are dying.
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