Late Bloomer

I’m cutting a wisdom tooth! Shouldn’t that happen earlier in life? I’m a late bloomer, but I know I’m not the only one. In fact, a famous author recently used these exact words to describe himself in an interview. Why? Because he’s working on a completely different kind project, with renewed purpose, relatively late is his life.

Everyone  can relate to this feeling. When we’re working on something with a sense of renewed purpose, or “calling”. When we feel we’re doing exactly what we’re born to do.

But it’s not always that way.One day we’re inspired, the next we’re muddling through. Major events, planned or unplanned, intrude. Losing something or someone we love sets us back. Experiencing failure or disappointment interrupts or stops our progress. We fade back, hide out, dissipate in all manner of ways. We may busy ourselves, but our hearts aren’t in it. We lose time.

But what if our story happens after life is interrupted? What if interruptions, failures and disappointments are setting us up for a story that will blow us away? Because our real story is about character, and how we develop it.

Like this wisdom tooth, we may think some things should have happened earlier in life. We may think we left something behind, or unfinished, and that our chance has passed us by.

Let’s try again. Do things differently. And let it be easier this time.

“re” is the key to being free.

Re-do, re-vamp, re-invent. Re-start, revisit, revise. Re-inspire.

Let’s keep blooming, even if it’s late.