Welcome to today's podcast. There is an important lesson to be shared today. You are NEVER TOO OLD to make a difference. Joyce is a living example of a person who has been given a mission, with a persistent motivation, and a powerful message.

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Born in Detroit, Michigan, Joyce is a retired Executive Assistant and now resides in Arcadia, California. She started her career as a stenographer at a major utility company.

Joyce and her husband celebrated 54 years of marriage on June 3 this year. They have two grown sons, eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren. She and her husband have been together for more than 64 years--friends since they were both 13 years old.

Joyce is the author of 10 books, mostly non-fiction, and she is also a professional proofreader. Her mission statement is "I write books that inspire people on their journey to make the world a better place" Her books are available at GoodShortBooks.com

 Epilogue From my blog "Old Guys Do It Better"

It had been 39 years since these old buddies got together. When they last worked as a team they had achieved fame and fortune beyond their wildest dreams. Even though their "corporation" only lasted four years.

No, it wasn't about some super geeks in the Silicon Valley creating a new PC. Bill Gates was 13. Michael Dell was 3 years old. South African Elon Musk hadn't been born yet. The internet wouldn't arrive on the scene until much later.

You might say they were the cream of the crop of young talented executives plying their skills in the marketplace of the incredible 60's. Now these old men who were literally in their personal 60's decided to have a little reunion in May of 2005.

Their names? Jack Bruce who was recovering from a liver transplant, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton. Their business? Music. Their company name? Cream. Their goal? The reunion concert. Four incredible nights at Royal Albert Hall in London. A huge success. Sold out in less than a week.

During one performance, Eric Clapton exclaimed amidst the massive applause, "Thanks for waiting all these years. We're going to do I think every song we know. We didn't go for very long. The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune cut us off in our prime."

At that point Jack Bruce burst in, "This is our prime, what do you mean?"

I have met some people who have turned 40 and think they are "over the hill." Or on the slippery sliding slope sending them into gray hair and old age. I've seen relatives who walk in slow, calculated steps, bent over, full of stress, wrinkled and weary looking as if they were 90 and they're barely 50.

Is it guitars and drums that keep people young or what? Not necessarily. My mother turned 81 that year. She still drove her little green Honda, played cards with her friends and very active in her church.

Well then, is it clean living? No, George Burns was performing right up to age 100. George said, "I don't believe in dying. It's been done. I'm working on a new exit. Besides, I can't die now - I'm booked." and "Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed."

Here's a couple more Burns-isms. "I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life," and "Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. "I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.

Despite of your age, you have a choice to make. Are you going to make this year the best year ever in your life regardless of what happens to you or how "old" you are? Are you looking forward to the future or stuck in the past? Are you passionate about your mission in life? Or do you need a career change? Is your sense of humor diminishing or increasing? Are you aging like the Dead Sea or gracefully like a bottle of fine wine? What's got to change in you?It's all about choices. What's yours? Make it great.