Starburst

 

At twenty-three, Tina Fey was working at the YMCA. Oprah was fired at twenty-three from her first reporting job. At twenty-four, Stephen King was a janitor living in a trailer. At twenty-eight, J.K. Rowling was a single parent on welfare. At thirty, Harrison Ford was a carpenter and Martha Stewart was a stockbroker. Julia Child released her first cookbook at thirty-nine and got her own cooking show at fifty-one. Vera Wang failed to make the Olympic figure skating team, didn’t achieve Editor-in-Chief at Vogue, and designed her first dress at forty. Stan Lee didn’t release his first big comic book until age forty. Alan Rickman gave up his graphic design career to pursue acting at forty-two. Samuel L. Jackson got his first movie role at forty-six. Morgan Freeman landed his first major role at fifty-two. Whatever your dream is, if you’re still breathing, it isn’t too late to achieve it. You aren’t a failure just because you haven’t succeeded yet.