This viral Twitter story is the perfect reminder that it's never too late to chase a dream

It's all very well and good when people go on about chasing your dreams, but surely all that stuff is just wishful thinking, right? Don't the realities of life often mean that ambitions are too often simply not practical to achieve?

Well, maybe. But not always.

On Sunday, writer Charlotte Clymer shared the story of Kathryn Joosten, who began her acting career at the age of 40. 

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Here's the thread, in full:

In 1980, a psychiatric nurse at Chicago's Michael Reese Hospital (and mother of two) divorced her husband in the midst of a particularly troubled married life and decided to pursue her lifelong dream of an acting career. She was 40.

— Charlotte Clymer🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) August 19, 2018 Read more...

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