Comments on: A whole lotta wisdom

By: Sherri

Sherri — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:05:03 +0000

I was going to suggest 25 as the age of release, but I was trying to be humane. I see you have no such qualms. :D

By: yellowcat

yellowcat — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:54:41 +0000

Lock them up until they’re 18? I think 25 would be a better idea.

If I lived at the turn of the century, I’d be dead now. That’s kind of depressing. I haven’t accomplished much in life and I keep thinking I have a few more years to get it together and ‘be somebody’. A hundred years ago, my time would have been up and I’d go down in history as a deadbead.

By: Sherri

Sherri — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:57:00 +0000

Well aren’t you the sweetest. :)

Those immature individuals…that’s why I utilized such a convoluted sentence structure–“to at least have a chance to gain a whole lot”–to cover my ass. We have the chance. What we do with it is something else altogether. hehe

Thanks for using your valuable internet time reading my blog.

By: DarcsFalcon

DarcsFalcon — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:44:20 +0000

I think keeping them locked up to 24 might not be such a bad idea sometimes! They are dumber than a box of rocks! But when I was 16, I had all the answers. I was special. ;)

For many people, wisdom comes with age and experience. Not everyone — some people remain like, 12 for their entire life. But there are people like you who strive to be better than when they started, and you’re a joy to know. :)

By: Sherri

Sherri — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:05:46 +0000

LOL I think most 16yo know they’re dumb, but they sure as hell don’t know HOW dumb, or they’d be curled up in the fetal position behind their beds.

And I’m talking as a group. Individual 16yo can be quite smart, but the intelligence seems to come in waves. I guess it does for older folks, too, it’s just our wavelength is longer.

By: wigsf

wigsf — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:33:39 +0000

Did it take you this long to realize 16 year olds were idiots? I’ve knew that when I was 16. Thus making myself the smrtest 16 year old ever, but still, that didn’t make me smrt, just less stupid. Now, I’m smrter, but just to the point of not being a complete ass-hat. I’m like a lower-back-hat.

By: Sherri

Sherri — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:53:00 +0000

Well then let me just say, you’re gonna love it. It’s been a big relief to be able to see the first third of my life in a bigger context. (Yes, I’m going to live to be a hundred.) And maybe that’s all wisdom really is, just being able to step back from your life and see it from afar.

By: Sherri

Sherri — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:50:19 +0000

Hahaha! By “soon” I meant September. Sorry about that. lol

By: Kristy

Kristy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:36:36 +0000

I think back then that the body wore out before the brain did — you know, a lifetime (including childhood) of manual labor and whatnot.

I’m in the middle of reading this book, ‘The Elegance of the Hedgehog’ and it’s all about gaining wisdom and getting older. It’s a french book and at first I hated it because I thought it was pretentious (gee, imagine that), but now I’m sucked into it. Give it a whirl — you may enjoy it.

I’m in the process of doing the same thing — realizing that my early years were just filler experience for my time now. They say that high school is the time of your life? Fuhgeddabout it. Post-30 is when you first start actually ‘living’ your life.

Happy early birthday!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:34:05 +0000

I’m 31 now and only recently do I feel like I’m getting my head out of my ass.I’m pretty sure I’m smarter than I used to be, but also certain I have a lot more living to live before I can dare call myself “wiser”, much less WISE.