Never Too Late!

It's never too late to become

the person you might have been.

George Eliot

Sometimes I cannot help but wonder how my life might have been if I had returned to Chicago after college rather than marrying and becoming a mother in a small city.  The social life of a big city does not enter into the equation, but the challenge of social services in a large city would have been daunting.  The harshness of life may have altered my personality, values, and attitudes immensely.  Then again, I may have followed a writing career which would have led me through a variety of experiences. 

Even now, however, years later, I still have the opportunity to write.  Perhaps not as a career, but giving writing the attention my life now allows.  I post on my blog every day, belong to a writers group, journal and  continue to work on a handbook.  My livelihood does not depend upon my writing, so it is a joy rather than a pressure to produce. 

Many women return to earlier passions ... piano lessons, dance lessons, additional education, small business entrepreneurs or various opportunities in the arts.  It is never too late to expand and grow ourselves to the fullest of our desires.