Jewelry that retirees have picked up-Suggestion to send to baby boomers ①

Jewelry that retirees have picked up-Suggestion to send to baby boomers ①

People who are around the age of 60 as of 2020 are called'baby boomers'. They were born during the postwar period when the population exploded. This is a common term used all over the world. I attended elementary school in the city. At that time, there were so many students in the elementary school that the school operated 10 classes per grade. One class at a time was around 100 students, and it was operated in three shifts, so 3,000 students per school year attended school together. By the 6th grade, about 18,000 people rotated in narrow schools in three shifts. This was the case not only in large cities but also in Korea as a whole, and it was a worldwide phenomenon. It was very different from the reality of the school being closed because there are no students.

There are not many jobs that can go up to 60 in our time. It is much more common to retire before that. Even if you work until 60, the age of 60 is too early to retire. Many people who have had successful lives confess that 60 to 90 of their lives are their golden age. When you are about 60, you can now share wisdom, or you will have enough to give encouragement and praise. It's time to re-examine your calling and escape from the storm and stress of a young day you've been looking ahead. It usually seems that 65 is the age of retirement. Therefore, the period from 55 to 65 can be regarded as a transition period of old age. Calling is different from career. Career is something that we have built up while living as a profession or specialty, but calling is the purpose we have in the world, that is, identity. The Bible says that we have meaning and value because we were created by God.

Discovering this identity is a great opportunity for this transitional age. At this time, people have time to spare, they are economically stable, and they have experience contemplating the world. Some people even confess that their life before retirement was only a'prelude', and that life from now on is really their own. After retirement, many people realized what their true calling was and started a new start. The calling does not change because you are old or you do not realize it. It just changes the circumstances surrounding their calling. Wisdom and courage are needed to properly judge my calling.

After graduating from college, I joined a relatively stable and good pay job and worked for nearly 20 years. In the workplace where I worked, employees do not leave well except in special cases. Most employees work until retirement. Less than 10% of employees retire before retirement. But I came out as an honorary retirement ten years earlier. There may have been various reasons, but the vague curiosity that there might be a more meaningful life, not just a salary life, was the decisive reason for early retirement. After retirement, I ran a small private business and had various hobby activities and spent about 5 years in meetings or drinking with friends. After that, I wondered what I could do in the '100-year-old era' to live a rewarding life up to the old age. Then, at the Pilgrim House in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, operated by the Global Village Church, I participated in a five-day, four-night "Bible Reading Class."

This course is a program that anyone interested can participate in. I had been attending church until then, but I was a “Sunday believer” who only goes on Sundays and worships. This Bible reading course is indeed 强行軍. We have to read only what the Bible reads from 6 AM to 11 PM, but there is not much left in the Bible after we finish. It was because they had almost no knowledge of the Bible. After the course is over, you will receive a formal course certificate, such as receiving a finish medal after the completion of a marathon. The meaning in itself was not that big, but after it was brought, the storm was probably enormous enough to dominate the second half of life. At this time, I finally decided to study the Bible at the seminary, and decided to do the Bible study but focus on learning the language I usually like. That is the multi-lingual Bible study I am doing right now.

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