You're Not Too Old for New Adventures

Think you’re too old for this?
​Susie E Caron

Do you ever think like this: “I’m too old to start something new.”  I want to encourage you to change your mind and launch the next thing that’s in your heart. 

Our daughter surprised us with a new thing one recent Christmas day - she played “What Child Is This” on the violin. We found this exciting because she is a beginning violinist at 38 years of age.  We’d had no idea she’d begun taking lessons. She’d kept her newest adventure a secret so she could surprise us with her gift at Christmas.

Perhaps the Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

I’m guilty of starting new careers and hobbies too at different stages of my life. The list is long and includes teaching elementary school, directing church choir, performing a solo concert singing to benefit a school for the deaf, owning and operating a riding school, sewing trendy hats and bags for craft fairs, going to grad school at 50 years of age then becoming a licensed psychologist, and recently retiring to become a full time acrylic artist.

I’m not the only person who has started over, learning and engaging in new careers or occupations.  Many others in history continued to reinvent themselves, sometimes after being blessed; sometimes after tragedy, sometimes after simply responding to a quiet ‘message’, which replayed over and over in their hearts.  

Why not listen? God created you with many talents. Why not immerse yourself in the next adventure and follow your dream. You’ll never know where it may lead you.

Would you like some encouragement? Share what you’ve been wanting to do in the comments below. Perhaps we can encourage each other.
Hugs and Blessings. ​

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