By Julie E 
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Achievement can occur at any age; it is not limited to youth. A feeling of purpose, which not only motivates us to move forward but also improves our health and well-being, is frequently what fuels this accomplishment. According to studies, living a purposeful life can extend one’s life and lessen stress, blood pressure, and depression risk. It also adds enjoyment and fulfillment to life. Seeking meaning in your latter years? These inspirational tales of accomplished seniors may give you the motivation you require.
Ten Motivational Narratives of Elderly People Who Achieved Success Later
Aging gracefully entails living life to the fullest and appreciating each moment, not just slowing down or attempting to appear younger. These five amazing people have accomplished precisely that:
Harland Sanders, Colonel Sanders founded the future Kentucky Fried Chicken business at the age of 65. After 600 franchisees and nine years, he sold his part for millions of dollars.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: At the age of 65, Wilder started penning the cherished “Little House on the Prairie” series, which went on to become a hit television program.
Estelle Getty: At the age of 63, Getty found recognition as Sophia in “The Golden Girls,” capping years of struggle as an actress.
Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses): She started painting at the age of 78, and Time magazine and MoMA both displayed her folk art.
Yuichiro Miura: At eighty years old, Miura became the oldest person to reach the peak of Mount Everest in 2014. He intends to return at ninety.
Rosemary Smith Smith was a champion rally racer in the 1960s and, at the age of 79, became the oldest person to drive a Formula 1 car.
Doris Self With a high score in Q*bert, Self, then 58 years old, became the “oldest video game champion” and broke the Guinness World Record.
Smokey Dawson At the age of 92, Dawson—who is regarded as Australia’s first cowboy—wrote and published a new record.
Mohr Keet: Having started at age 88, WWII veteran Keet became the oldest person to jump from a bungee at 96 years old.
Harriette Thompson: The second-oldest marathon runner in American history, Thompson ran her first marathon at age 76 and her fifteenth at age 91 after overcoming cancer.