The idea of reinventing yourself is akin to playing a new role in your life’s story.
Shakespeare famously wrote in his play, As You Like It:
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts…
If the world is a stage and we are all its players, isn’t it strange to expect we’ll play just one part? To be in one role?
A person is obligated to play many roles in their life.
Many men in the past stepped into new roles when the world demanded it: Churchill, Lincoln, Mandela.
Sometimes, it’s by choice; other times, it’s by necessity.
Go not against the current too much—you’ll exhaust yourself.
Go with the current and see where it takes you.
If you have a dream, that’s even better: everything you do will serve a purpose.
Those who endure do so by adapting to the shifting tides of time.
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
George Bernard Shaw