So I casually downloaded the March '14 issue of FHM (as you do) – for homework research, honest!
I normally skim through the first front pages but literally had to double take after reading the Editor's Letter:
The first paragraph in particular really hit a good nerve with me.
It's very easy to believe that it's too late to get shit done
This couldn't be a truer statement. When you're in school, everyone's in such a rush to grow up and be an adult – because at that age, everything seems easy, and cool and exciting. What they forget to mention is bills, responsibility and the small matter of a stable job – which for some, can be quite difficult in our current climate.
But d'ya know what? FHM's editor is right. You are never too old to do something you've always wanted to do, or learn something you've always wanted to learn.
We've only been accustomed to thinking this because its what society has taught us through growing up. Age IS just a number. Yes the competition is younger, but whose to say with some extra experience, you're not equally as great a candidate to make your dreams come true?
No one should ever have to give up on their dreams, whether it be for their lives, careers, relationships or place to live. Dreams are what help us to strive towards something better, in our eyes.
If its important to you, you will find a way. If its not, you'll find an excuse.
So I applaud Joe Barnes for his wise words *claps*.
Your dreams might not come true today or tomorrow, but if you want them enough you'll get it.
