"...reminded me of a study that changed my attitude about aging. It evaluated famous people throughout history from all walks of life and occupations (artists, statemen, writers, etc.) and ranked them according to the importance of their greatest accomplishment and the age at which that accomplishment took place. It was determined that 35% of the world's greatest accomplishments (as ranked by critics) were completed by people in their 60s; 23% were done by people in their 70s; and 6% by those in their 80s. In other words, 64% of the greatest accomplishments of all time have been done by people who are 60 or over!"
Encouraging, huh?
4 comments:
that IS very encouraging!
Hey, I just wanted to add the saying I made up based on Flylady's...Homeschooling done inperfectly still blesses my family. Sometimes we get so caught up in doing it the right way, we sell our kids short on their ability to learn through our imperfections.
Oooo, I like that saying!
You have really gotten me to thinking about this whole age/identity thing lately. I am abounding with thoughts--which I'm sure will form into a blog post one of these days. :)
Thanks for the encouraging quote.
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