Aging and Finding Your Purpose
Isn’t life weird? You spend the first twenty-five years of your life trying to find your purpose. After you’ve had your career, sowed some oats, and raised your family, you may find you are back to searching for a purpose once again because you are aging. Fired as a Parent You’ve raised your children to be capable and independent adults. You see them walk across the stage to collect their diploma or go out the door to join the military. While you might feel pride, you also feel a sense of loss. Your brain may be able to reason that your job as a parent is never really done, but your heart can’t help but feel fired from the most precious job you’ve ever had. It’s every parent’s goal to raise children who can not only survive but thrive when they leave the nest, but those yearnings for simpler, more everyday moments don’t just disappear on your child’s eighteenth birthday. Your purpose as a parent has not ended, but your relationship with your adult child certainly changes as they mature. It’s important to realize that even though your role in their life has changed, you can still be an important part of it. You can support your adult child through the various stages of their lives, offering prayer and emotional support. You can offer practical help through your advice and the life hacks you have learned from experience. Don’t believe that your input into your adult child’s life is no longer relevant just because they move out of the house or embark on their own independent journey. Career Shifts as You are Aging Sometimes aging means finding new career opportunities and saying goodbye to old ones. If you have been in a physically demanding position, you might find it difficult [...]
