A Truism

Found on the blog- The Great Conversation

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream”
--C. S. Lewis

But then you see this headline on a NYT story:

The Number of Job Hunters 65 or Older Skyrockets

Or then this one on a Yahoo! News item a week or so ago:

How to Stay Healthy in Retirement: Keep Working

As one who deeply believes the truth of the quote from C. S. Lewis who was just shy of 64 when he died, I am struck by the importance of dreams. While some may dream of retirement when "work" is voluntary, I am not sure it ever truly is. We keep on dreaming and finding meaning and yes, working for pay or not, volunteering or fixing the things around the house still needing to be fixed.

Perhaps on some level, if we like our jobs, why not continue to work so Social Security isn't bankrupt? Why not pass that legacy on to our children? Maybe we can still work on that world-changing, life-changing dream of peace that so many of us lived under back in the 60s and early 70s. Maybe working with the younger generations coming up will give a chance to redeem the generation gap that we may have helped foster while also listening to them and giving them the ear we thought we wanted.

In short, age is not a barrier. Unless we let it be.