The Older I get...
They say wisdom lies in gray hair, well, that's true. There are certain things we may never understand until we've attained a certain age, naturally, the certainty of life begins to unveil itself and we can see our weakness in our days of youth. There are things we do today that aren't worth it, the belief we fight for, certain actions we take, some skeptical decisions we took, etc. May someday unveil its truth.
When I was a child, I fought everyone who insulted my parents. I felt I needed to protect them by revolting for them in issues like that. But as I grew older, I realized insult doesn't take anything from them and fighting sometimes doesn't worth it. Again, I hide food from friends to avoid my food being shortened by them, but most times I acknowledge I can't finish the quantity I was given yet I had hidden it. As I grew older, I realized it's better to eat with friends than to eat alone. At a point, while I was growing up, whenever I was angry, I spurn to eat but as I grew older I realized I was doing myself harm by not eating, with the thought that I'm punishing my parents. All these realizations happened as I grew older.
Bertnard said:
I will never die for my belief, because I may be wrong.
He was right because he was limited in knowledge to know what was true and what was a lie. Our philosophy may not be right, what we perceive to be the truth may be deceit and we may have held unto that for a long time. Sometimes, what we see, hear, feel, and touch may not be the reality of it, but the truth unfolds as days go by, as years count, and as we grow older, the time they say reveals all truth. People who have had years of experience in life will tell you never to take life seriously, play when you should, and laugh hard. In the end, you may just realized you've taken the wrong approach to life. Do you want to know about life? Ask the elderly. They have regrets and victory at some point and will be willing to show you the path, just that, you may be shortsighted to see until you've grown older.
There's an African proverb that says "what an old man see sitting, a child sitting on a tree can't see". There's wisdom in gray.
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This is deep, @dwixer! At the beginning, I smiled because I am familiar with the childish things done in ignorance. But as we grow older, and experience things, we begin to mature, and putting the experience into action becomes wisdom.
I can't tell you how many times my Dad quotes that African proverb to me 😬 and it is very true!
Quite an inspirational post that calls for reflection. I'll drop this post for curation @DreemPort and hope you get some visitors!
Keep hiving! 😊
Maybe your Dad wanted you to understand that old age equate wisdom, if you could learn from them, living a fulfilled life would be much easier. Thank You for curating and I'm most glad your read through
Hmm.. Deep
They have seen what we would see.
There is nothing new under the sun.
They ve seen it all..
More so, when it comes to parents.. I think they better know the survival of your genes. I don't really know how to say it, but parents have a way of knowing what to avoid because of what they react to and so warn their kids about it.
You're right. They have gone through life to a deeper level and should tell what's worthwhile and worthless, wisdom truly lies in gray hair
I think I've started having grey hair then. lol. You are right. Certain realization comes with years of experience in life and then you realize that it wasn't that deep. We must learn to stop and smell the flowers.
I hope your gray are genuine ones? Haha. It's true certain realizations comes only at a certain age, but learning from those above us could help us avert making some mistakes in life
Some food for thought in this post. I like it.
It is as you say, you sometimes think you'll respond in a certain way to get back at someone, but in the meantime, you are only hurting yourself. It's like the saying goes... "cut your nose to spite your own face...".
People might also say insulting things to you. But it's not always worth it to get angry and carry the burden around with you. It is their opinion. But you don't have to take ownership of what they say. Because it's all it is...their opinion.
If there is value to what they say, do something about it. If not, let it go and walk away.
They often just carry on with their lives anyway, not even being aware of the fact that you have been offended.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
I got here via @dreemport
Rightly added, sometimes the best choice is to allow it slide