Blog #9: Having Fun, Staying Young

Having fun when you’re in your 70s, 80s and beyond is one of the well known non-secrets for staying young.

The following people had fun doing what they were doing and accomplished quite a great deal. These people  wouldn’t have done what they did unless they were having fun doing it:

Leo Tolstoy learned to ride a bicycle at the age of 67.

He wrote, “I Cannot be Silent” at 82.

Grandma Moses didn’t start to paint until 

the age of 78.

Without any formal art training, she was still painting at 100.

Leopold Stowkowski signed a six-year recording contract at 94.

Tesichi Igarishi celebrated his 100th birthday by climbing to the top of Mt. Fuji (12,395 feet).

Claude Monet began painting his Water Lily series at 76.

Michaelangelo was still designing and painting churches at 88.

Benjamin Franklin helped write the U.S. Constitution when he was 81.

It took Julia Childs 40 years to find her passion: cooking.

George Burns won an Oscar when he was 80.

At the age of 100, Christine Brown of Laguna Hills, flew to China and climbed the Great Wall.

And then there are the millions of seniors who, 

in their own way, have been having a great deal 

of fun. Every day.

Here’s one example of that kind of fun.

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