Five years of daily practice and a family joke became a front-row concert—proof that the best time to start was yesterday, and the second best time is at 80.

An 80-year-old man picked up the guitar ‘out of the blue.’ 5 years later, he’s singing to his family.

At 80, Donald, a lifelong non-musician, decided to learn guitar, a move his family initially dismissed as a joke. Five years later, at 85, he performs regularly for them, having practiced daily despite struggling with the strings and reading music, inspiring his family and online viewers.

Source: An 80-year-old man picked up the guitar ‘out of the blue.’ 5 years later, he’s singing to his family. — Upworthy

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