You Can Be

Old, but never too old

Often I have old people telling me that they are too old to change their habits or learn something new like becoming computer literate. I always tell them you may be old, but never too old. The last surviving World War 1 survivor, who died recently at the age of 110, had his book published at the age of 108. Another person learnt to fly at 86! So age should never stop you from learning a new skill or starting a new hobby so that your time is spent meaningful and fruitfully.
Remember, you may grow old physically, but never too old in your spirit. As they say in a different context “being young at heart"

Down but not down and out
Think of King David from the Old Testament in the Bible. Because of his adulterous relationship with Bethesda, he was totally devastated and down. But thru his repentance and reliance on God, he was able to pull himself up from the depth of the pit in which he had fallen. At that time of despair in his life, he wrote some very beautiful Psalms ( Psalm 123, Psalm 130) and God was so pleased with David, that He called David a man after His heart.( Acts 13:22)
David did not languish in self pity, but thru God's help picked he up and became one of the greatest King the people of Israel ever had.
Similarly, there are several examples from the world of business. Despite several failures in their previous ventures, they have not given up. They have been able to set up and run successful businesses. Several authors and sports people come to mind; they have tried & tried till they succeeded
The point is not to have a pity party, but to learn from your past failures, so you rise up again like a phoenix from the ashes.