摘要：“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot“成为你本可以成为的人，永远不嫌太晚。”——乔治·艾略特At 52, Helen enrolled in a painti

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot

“成为你本可以成为的人，永远不嫌太晚。”——乔治·艾略特

At 52, Helen enrolled in a painting class for beginners.

52岁的海伦报名参加了一门初级绘画课。

She hadn’t held a brush since high school.

自高中以来，她就再没拿起过画笔。

Others in the class were half her age.

班里的其他人年纪只有她一半大。

She laughed nervously, unsure if she belonged.

她紧张地笑着，不确定自己是否适合待在这里。

Her first painting was clumsy—sky too green, trees too flat.

她的第一幅画很笨拙——天空太绿，树太扁。

But she went back the next week. And the next.

但她下周又回去了，再下周也一样。

Months later, her instructor held up one of her works.

几个月后，老师举起了她的一幅作品。

“This,” he said, “is brave art.”

“这，”他说，“是勇敢的艺术。”

Helen smiled—not because she was the best, but because she had started.

海伦笑了——不是因为她画得最好，而是因为她终于开始了。

Summary: “The right time to begin is always now.”

总结：“开始的最佳时机，就是现在。”

来源：数学小课堂