YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD

Today is Easter Sunday and for this reason I am making this post very brief, as I would assume that most of you would be spending this holiday time doing something fabulous with people you love, rather than sitting at your computer reading my blog ha ha ha.

So – to follow on from my post on Friday: Forgive, Forget and Forge Ahead – My Easter Gift To Y0u, I am leaving you with a wonderful quote by C.S Lewis to continue on this thematic of life renewal at Easter.

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

I simply love this quote, as it reminds us all of exactly that – it is never too late.

Often times we think that time has run out and we can not achieve the dreams that still sit in our back pockets – but that is simply not the case. There are examples all around us of people who have suddenly taken a totally different track in their lives and found themselves living a totally new life. Here are some great examples taken from a Seniors Entrepreneurship Site:

*84 year-old, Rose Madeline Mula was an executive assistant, a public relations specialist, and an operations manager for a New England theatre chain before discovering a passion for writing.  She has written business and trade articles to earn a living, and humour for the fun of it.  Her work has appeared in more than a hundred magazines and newspapers, including Yankee, Modern Maturity, The Christian Science Monitor, The Reader’s Digest, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and frequently inThe Saturday Evening Post.  She also writes a monthly column for www.seniorwomen.com and can be seen on several somewhat iconoclastic You Tube features (under “Rose Mula”).

*For 28 years, Don Vannice owned and operated a land development construction company, starting in Indiana in 1974 and then moving both the business and his family to Florida in 1978. He retired from the business in 2002 at age 65, thinking he would finally be able to focus on some of the creative ideas he had suppressed all his life.

He became a member of Gene Perret’s Comedy Writer’s Round Table. “Gene,” he says, “is a heavyweight. He’s written for Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope (head writer), and Carol Burnett and has won several Emmys.”

Then in 2008, at age 71, he took a stand-up comedy class at McCurdy’s Comedy Club in Sarasota, Florida, where he discovered his material really could make people laugh and how much fun it is to have that experience. Don’s been performing part-time ever since. A personal event made him realize that comedy was a serious business and inspired him to find out all he could about the benefits of laugh therapy.

*Delena Stout, rather than caving in to the depression that often ensues after losing a job with a lot of corporate perks and not finding an equally exciting position to replace it, decided she had the skills and experience to start her own business.  She focused on her St Bernard dog, Aspen’s, health issues. Frustrated because Aspen’s prescription diets, steroid shots, and antibiotics just added toxins to her already taxed body, Delana began to research alternative natural foods, supplements and holistic treatments. Believing she was on to a good concept, Delana enrolled in the Kauffman Foundation’s FastTrac New Venture program to fine tune her idea.  She decided to combine her quality pet nutrition concept with good (clean), local self-serve pet baths to increase her value proposition. She acquired a $25,000 loan from a local bank and launched  Brookside Barkery and Bath  http://www.barkerybath.com in 2003 with a commitment to the health and wellness of pets. Since then, her original store has doubled in size and Delana has opened two additional locations in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

And then of course there is Louise Hay who didn’t start her incredible publishing empire Hay House until she was in her 50s. Hay House would easily be considered one of the most prolific publishers of self help, spiritual and self empowerment literature today and she is still going strong now. The list of authors under her banner is inspiring and remarkable.

So  - my message today is that your prior job and your age do not have to determine your future.

You can change course whenever you want.

You can throw out the old and bring in the new.

You can be the person you are drawn to be.

Quite simply:

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

And if you want some added inspiration, simply start googling and you will find story, upon story, upon story, to lift you up and get you motivated to chase a new paradigm for your life.

#DiscoverYou #LoveYou #BeYou

 - Christine -