Old and Foolish
A lot has been said about age, growing old, wisdom and
being foolish. There are many books written as well as wisdom proverbs that
gives those reaching the golden years some motivation and at the same time,
instill some pride, passion and motivation that being old and foolish has
nothing to do with any loss of power or existence in the world.
Age is not a simple concept – rather age is a mere
perception. Whether one is 50 or 17 or 30 compared to 85 is a mere calculation
of time and existence but in no way, reflects the value or worth of such time
spent in this world. Bear with me as I write my defense that we are not foolish
when we get older and that growing old is a mere compliment and compensation to
the order of the world so we can contribute or continue to contribute to
societal efforts to change the world and that wisdom is an independent quality
not relative to age at all.
To many, age denotes decay. This may be a false
impression that can be easily proven if that was the subject at hand for this
topic we are covering. Aging includes many things that are part of a continuum
that begins at a very young age and demonstrated a vigor and vitality of life
that is enriched and postponed indefinitely by individual will power to reject
aging as a natural process and not slow you down as society expects you to do
when maturing into an elderly status.
Passion has no age limit. Aging is not relative to what
you can do and what you desire to do. Although some physical deterioration
takes place, there are often other means to compensate for such reduced
abilities or agilities but hardly any of these actions can stop the passion to
live life to the fullest if the heart and mind takes charge of your senescence
process throughout your lifetime.
Rarely do we qualify age as a determining factor when the
body and mind keeps up with demands. In all reality, facing the truth one can
honestly say the vision of 80-year-old man can exceed or be wiser than the
55-year-old but lack some wisdom along the way towards the final goal of
fruitful living one’s life.
However, this could be a fallacy in a case by case basis
as it depends on many variables in order to hold this to be accurately
projected.
One of the first essential rules of eliminating the old
myth that wisdom is associated with old age. This is false. There is no
guarantee that the older you get, the wiser you become. If one has the ability
to experience many enriched life quality related facts, connected or linked to
effective interpersonal communications, and possess the ability to step back
and learn from each such experiences, impacting an affect, judgment or conflict,
then there are many benefits from such occurrences.
It is the immediacy of the moment that fills our minds
with what was gained through the perspective at the instant. The more you
witness, or experience in your life, the fuller the enrichment and perspectives.
It is the basic foundation of wisdom and is subject to different definitions. One
would have to understand the variable structures of wisdom to realize how it is
attained. One quality is time but time is not the sole structure of wisdom. One
can attain wisdom at a younger age through enriched contact with life’s
experiences good or bad. One can say these are lessons learned to some degree.
Deciphering empathy, synthesized care of observation and
the spirit of justice all play into the wisdom of mankind. One can readily see
how one can become wise at an early age if exposed to multiple opportunities to
exercise integration and cognition or such events and learn to acquire a
self-awareness and capacity to appreciate the fact that these lessons learned
are in fact subject to paradoxes, ironies and oxymoronic events that fill our
lifetime.
This is all based on an individual’s investigative
skills, where empathy is defined as a combination of maturity, knowledge,
experience and intelligence both cognitive and emotional as well as possessing
the skills of patience and connecting to the realization that there are two
sides to everything and nothing is black and white. Hence an ability to absorb
the self-awareness and at the same time, notice or be aware of the absorption
of others rather than self.
To summarize my ideas, imagine that the old are always
wiser than the young for you cannot be wise about things you have not lived
through yet, however, facts reveal that after the age of 30, there isn’t that
much of a gain of wisdom from that point on if those individuals lived a life
that involved toleration, ambiguity, the search for the truth faced with
paradoxes and ironies which in turn the process facilitates a widening of the
social radius and a balanced way to cope with adversity. A process that does
not have to be complex but in fact can remain simple to gain wisdom relative to
your existence in our world.
Old and Foolish
A lot has been said about age, growing old, wisdom and
being foolish. There are many books written as well as wisdom proverbs that
gives those reaching the golden years some motivation and at the same time,
instill some pride, passion and motivation that being old and foolish has
nothing to do with any loss of power or existence in the world.
Age is not a simple concept – rather age is a mere
perception. Whether one is 50 or 17 or 30 compared to 85 is a mere calculation
of time and existence but in no way, reflects the value or worth of such time
spent in this world. Bear with me as I write my defense that we are not foolish
when we get older and that growing old is a mere compliment and compensation to
the order of the world so we can contribute or continue to contribute to
societal efforts to change the world and that wisdom is an independent quality
not relative to age at all.
To many, age denotes decay. This may be a false
impression that can be easily proven if that was the subject at hand for this
topic we are covering. Aging includes many things that are part of a continuum
that begins at a very young age and demonstrated a vigor and vitality of life
that is enriched and postponed indefinitely by individual will power to reject
aging as a natural process and not slow you down as society expects you to do
when maturing into an elderly status.
Passion has no age limit. Aging is not relative to what
you can do and what you desire to do. Although some physical deterioration
takes place, there are often other means to compensate for such reduced
abilities or agilities but hardly any of these actions can stop the passion to
live life to the fullest if the heart and mind takes charge of your senescence
process throughout your lifetime. Rarely do we qualify age as a determining
factor when the body and mind keeps up with demands. In all reality, facing the
truth one can honestly say the vision of 80-year-old man can exceed or be wiser
than the 55-year-old but lack some wisdom along the way towards the final goal
of fruitful living one’s life.
However, this could be a fallacy in a case by case basis
as it depends on many variables in order to hold this to be accurately
projected. One of the first essential rules of eliminating the old myth that
wisdom is associated with old age. This is false. There is no guarantee that
the older you get, the wiser you become. If one has the ability to experience
many enriched life quality related facts, connected or linked to effective
interpersonal communications, and possess the ability to step back and learn
from each such experiences, impacting an affect, judgment or conflict, then
there are many benefits from such occurrences.
It is the immediacy of the moment that fills our minds
with what was gained through the perspective at the instant. The more you
witness, or experience in your life, the fuller the enrichment and
perspectives. It is the basic foundation of wisdom and is subject to different
definitions. One would have to understand the variable structures of wisdom to
realize how it is attained. One quality is time but time is not the sole
structure of wisdom. One can attain wisdom at a younger age through enriched
contact with life’s experiences good or bad. One can say these are lessons
learned to some degree.
Deciphering empathy, synthesized care of observation and
the spirit of justice all play into the wisdom of mankind. One can readily see
how one can become wise at an early age if exposed to multiple opportunities to
exercise integration and cognition or such events and learn to acquire a
self-awareness and capacity to appreciate the fact that these lessons learned
are in fact subject to paradoxes, ironies and oxymoronic events that fill our
lifetime.
This is all based on an individual’s investigative
skills, where empathy is defined as a combination of maturity, knowledge,
experience and intelligence both cognitive and emotional as well as possessing
the skills of patience and connecting to the realization that there are two
sides to everything and nothing is black and white. Hence an ability to absorb
the self-awareness and at the same time, notice or be aware of the absorption
of others rather than self.
To summarize my ideas, imagine that the old are always
wiser than the young for you cannot be wise about things you have not lived
through yet, however, facts reveal that after the age of 30, there isn’t that
much of a gain of wisdom from that point on if those individuals lived a life
that involved toleration, ambiguity, the search for the truth faced with
paradoxes and ironies which in turn the process facilitates a widening of the
social radius and a balanced way to cope with adversity. A process that does
not have to be complex but in fact can remain simple to gain wisdom relative to
your existence in our world.