“Isn’t It Time You Got Started?”
“In her late 70s and struggling with severe arthritis, a farmer’s widow from Eagle Bridge, NY loved to do needlework, but her fingers no longer were as nimble for the small detail work of embroidery. The elderly woman found she could hold a small paintbrush much easier than a needle, and tried her hand at painting. She thought her farm and country scenes were good enough to show at the fair, but she only won prizes for her preserves and canned fruit.
Then one day an art collector noticed several of her paintings on display in the window of a local drug store. He bought them all. When he showed them to his friends in the art circles of New York City, they were more curious about the painter.
Soon, “Grandma Moses” (Anna Mary Robertson Moses) gained an international reputation. Her widely-collected works of art were featured on calendars, greeting cards and in exhibitions in the leading galleries, including the Modern Museum of Art in New York City. Even more amazing, it’s reported that twenty-five percent of her more than 1,500 paintings were done after she had turned 100!
Isn’t it time you got started? (Unknown Author, Apple Seeds)
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“The time for action is now. It’s never too late to do something.” (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
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“Once you realize that the road is the goal and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal, but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple, in itself an ecstasy.” (Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj)
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