Happy Labor Day - US Holiday and An Inspirational Short Story
I know that we have international readers and we appreciate you VERY MUCH. Today is a US Holiday. I’d like to leave you with one of my favorite quotes and a short story that relates to it. 
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” George Eliot
Mavis Lindgren? “What makes her story all the more exceptional to me is that at age 62, Mavis was leading a sedentary life, spending most of time reading, writing and knitting. She had suffered four bouts of pneumonia in five years and, as a retired nurse, she knew the antibiotics weren’t the long-term solution. Something had to change. A doctor urged her to join an early bird walking group. At age 70, encouraged by her son, she ran her first marathon! Two years later, she established a record of 4:33.05, and for the next eight years, held world’s best time for women 70 and over. And at 84 she finished the
Mavis Lindgren retired from running at age 90 after the 1997 marathon. It was her 75th and final 26.2-mile outing. Phil Knight of Nike, had a custom pair of “Air Mavis” running shoes made especially for her final marathon. Her two daughters and grandchildren accompanied us and it was an emotional finale to an illustrious running career.”
The “above” was taken word for word from 2young2retire.com
The FULL story can be seen here.
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” George Eliot
