"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could."Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am older than President Obama, television physician, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, talk show host, Stephen Colbert and Chief of Staff and former Congressman Rahm Emanuel. These people hold positions of influence and authority in the new administration and are up and are established personalities on television. Rather than focus on the ship that sailed and bemoan the bygone days and missed opportunities, the road less traveled etc. I am now a bit more interested in the careers of those who made a difference and really hit the gas after fifty.
In 1942, Beulah Hepburn Emmett took all of her inheritance and energy and, in her 60's, started the first boarding Waldorf School for high school students in the U.S. High Mowing School offered a creative alternative to traditional education. Mrs. Emmett was the daughter of a diplomat and lived abroad for most of her childhood and adult life. She acquired a hilltop farm in New Hampshire and started a small school there based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner a German philosopher. The School has produced many artists, actors and dancers and not a few lawyers, doctors and business owners. Mrs. Emmett's school on the hill has survived her by several decades and is a powerful example of the goals that can be accomplished with dedication and vision even as some people are winding down their productive lives.
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