Never Too Old

I saw an article recently about a woman who quit smoking. She is 102 years old, and she had been smoking since 1931. That’s more than 80 years of sucking on 2-3 cancer sticks per day.

I guess those warning labels don’t apply to everyone? Her family estimates that she smoked around 60,000 cigarettes. Wow!

Why do you quit smoking at 102? Certainly not for health reasons. Her family talked to her into quitting because they were concerned she was going to burn her house down. She got a little careless where the ashes were falling.

OK, there are all kinds of things to think about this story, but the thought that came to my mind is this. You are never too old to quit, or maybe to start. Yes, I know, an 80-year-old is not going to be an Olympic athlete, but you know what I mean.

You are not too old to stop a bad habit, to repair a relationship with a child, to do this or that. You are not too old to start a new habit, to change your ways to better ways, to do this or that.

C.S. Lewis said, "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

Stop today! Start today!