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Never Too Young To Start
You are never too old to start. But you are never too young, either. Yes, education and experience has benefits. There’s something to be said for wisdom acquired through years. In no way am I attempting to down play the hours spent in college courses and papers that caused lack of sleep only to be covered in marks of red pen. I’m not ignoring the lives lived that result in a well turned story. And it is inspiring to know that even at the age of 60, I can dust off the dreams I put aside and ignored.
But, I am not 60. I am 20. And, despite what people might say about lack of experience or life starting outside of a classroom that everyone seems to want to put me back in, I have lived. It might not have been as many decades, but I’ve had my share of scars and heartache and life. And, I have gained wisdom. I have something to say, and so do other young people.
S.E. Hinton wrote The Outsiders when she was 18 years old. She wrote a piece of literature that still affects us decades later. It is now part of our culture and commonly referenced. It had such influence that is a banned book. At 18 she accomplished this.
Phillis Wheatley at the age of 12 was the first published African American female poet. She had a huge influence on the Revolution as well as Abolition.
You’re never too young to start. Learn from those who kept their dreams filed away for years. Go out and try for your dreams today. You don’t have to wait.
But, I am not 60. I am 20. And, despite what people might say about lack of experience or life starting outside of a classroom that everyone seems to want to put me back in, I have lived. It might not have been as many decades, but I’ve had my share of scars and heartache and life. And, I have gained wisdom. I have something to say, and so do other young people.
S.E. Hinton wrote The Outsiders when she was 18 years old. She wrote a piece of literature that still affects us decades later. It is now part of our culture and commonly referenced. It had such influence that is a banned book. At 18 she accomplished this.
Phillis Wheatley at the age of 12 was the first published African American female poet. She had a huge influence on the Revolution as well as Abolition.
You’re never too young to start. Learn from those who kept their dreams filed away for years. Go out and try for your dreams today. You don’t have to wait.
