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I\u2019ll continue my Aging with Joy week<\/span> with a guest blogger\u2014Karen Lynch<\/span>, who writes a blog called Live the Power<\/a><\/span>. Karen recently had a birthday and I loved what she wrote about feeling good about getting older. I\u2019m delighted to reprint this article from an earlier post on her blog. <\/p>\n

The Age Myth<\/span>
By Karen Lynch<\/p>\n

The face of a beautiful new actress in Hollywood looks out at me from the photograph. Her smile lights up the computer screen and I find myself smiling back at her sweet face. She is destined to be a star. In my eyes she already is a Star.<\/p>\n

Mae Laborde is 97 years young<\/span>. She started her acting career just 4 years ago. She was 93 years old when she earned her screen actors guild card. At 4\u201910\u201d with her snow-white hair and expressive smile, she is the vision of the Grandma we all long for. On a recent MaDtv episode she played Vanna White of \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d fame albeit projected 40 years into the future. She has appeared in a few commercials and she recently landed a small role in an upcoming movie starring Ben Stiller. <\/p>\n

You can see her beautiful face and read more about her here. ?No Fading Star?<\/a> Keep your eyes out for Mae Laborde. She is a star!

And another inspiration\u2026\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Many writers start writing at a young age. Carson McCullers wrote, \u201cThe Heart is a Lonely Hunter\u201d at age 23. The other day I read a short bio of a fiction writer who claimed to have always known that she was meant to write and she actually wrote her first book at age 5 (she didn\u2019t mention if that one was ever published, but of course she has been published many times since!). Oftentimes I read these stories and I feel intimidated. But today I read a story about an author that inspired me. <\/p>\n

Harry Bernstein began his writing career at age 93<\/span>. At age 93 after losing his beloved wife and in the midst of reeling with the memories of his long life, Harry began to write as a form of therapy. Apparently the therapy paid off handsomely because his first published book \u201cThe Invisible Wall: A Love Story that Broke Barriers\u201d came out in 2007, his 96th year, on March 20. It is reputed to be a touching memoir of the Anti-Semitism he experienced in his childhood. I\u2019m looking forward to reading it.<\/p>\n

Harry also claims that since he has this book-writing thing down he now has plans to write a few more. His second book entitled \u201cThe Dream\u201d is almost finished and a publisher has already signed on.? For more on Harry\u2019s story see? It\u2019s Never Too Late<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s never too late to follow your dreams<\/span>. These two inspiring individuals are incredible examples of the fact that being \u201ctoo old\u201d is just a myth<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Keep your Dreams alive. You are never too old!

Live the Power<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n


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