Wisdom and Maturity: A Gift from God
Posted: Friday, July 16, 2010
by David Tanguay
" Religion often gets credit for curing rascals when old age is the real medicine." Austin O'Malley
When we are young, we go through many different stages we are often mischievous, rebellious and downright bad.
As we grow and mature, we acquire more wisdom in our dealings with the outside world. Although perhaps in our younger days, we were more concerned about the state of the world, which led us to behave in such mischievous ways.
In our youth, we are quick tempered and ready to strike out at injustices we face in society. As we mature, we find justification in bad dealings among those whom reside with us.
"None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm." Henry David Thoreau
In our mature days, we must not give up on enthusiasm for we face many wonders in the world still not fully understood or explained. We must keep learning all through our lives for this is what separates us from the animal world.
Our imagination never grows old this factor is what keeps us young at heart. So dare to imagine and dream for the sake of humanity depends on us. Never give up on a dream for dreams are where we came from, where we are now and where we are going.
Wisdom comes with old age it helps us to better understand people in so many different ways. Wisdom is a gift we receive from God for our journey through this wondrous land. He makes it easier on us by instilling the contentment that comes with maturity and wisdom.
"Too old to plant trees for my own gratification, I shall do it for my posterity." Thomas Jefferson
To bring into fruition a creed for all of humanity to flourish with, this can be the goal of a new generation to strive for and conquer. Our founding fathers gave us the constitution to live by however it is time for a new world order.
Just as our founding fathers laid down the foundation of rules, laws and a way of life we as Americans are to live by. As we evolved through the first 200 years of living by our constitution, we have advanced to the level of progression where we no longer need laws to guide us but rather to live by our own natural instincts.
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Top-level comments on this article: (6 total)"Religion often gets credit for curing rascals when old age is the real medicine." Lots of old people in churches now! Thanks Dave.Please log in to respond to this comment.Thanks for commenting e, well I believe most old people have found wisdom over religion.Please log in to respond to this comment.
This reminds me of my younger days, full of nonsense and innocence and a little bit danger in it. I am not going to repeat the silly things me and my schoolmates did = escaped classes by climbing up the 6' high fence & my skirt got stuck that I couldn't jump down for if I did, my skirt would be torn & it would be a shame if the boys saw it or we hitched hiked anybody's car & one time an old man stopped for us and he had no teeth but talkative etc.Now, I have no guts to even get in a handsome man's car imaginable !Please log in to respond to this comment.Yes Hilda, I too, done many silly things when I was younger. Those days are over now, thank God.Please log in to respond to this comment.
It is true that in our youth, we lack the wisdom of experience, were dependent on wisdom based on lessons from parents, academics, civilization, religion and imagination of youth. As we grow and mature, we gain more wisdom based on experience in our relations with the outside world, which led us to behave much more mature.The wisdom of the experience of material things is conscious and alert, after deliberations with the help of sense organs is to see with their eyes, hear with your ears and smell with the nose, tasting with the tongue touching the skin and is the best of all types of wisdom and are close to the truth. It is very rarely used the language of intelligence in the formulation of the wisdom of experience. The thought is involved in the acquisition of wisdom from the experience of the object in the mind of operation. There is a third party involved in the acquisition of the wisdom of faith of the lord.When there is no wisdom from experience, it becomes essential to have faith in the thought contained in religious texts and discourses of saints and prophets. Wisdom refers to the wisdom of the faith experience of saints and prophets who is better than the wisdom learned from civilization, and the imagination of youth.Please log in to respond to this comment.Thank you for commenting G SPlease log in to respond to this comment.
You say more in fewer words, than most people even dare think in a lifetime! I am humbled by your teachings, and even more humbled by your presence. Thank you so much for trying to enlighten us all.Please log in to respond to this comment.Again David, I thank you for your compliments.Please log in to respond to this comment.
I must agree with Dave Levitt So true.Great articlePlease log in to respond to this comment.Thanks Mike, for commentingPlease log in to respond to this comment.
David, thank you, your article made me feel so good about life and humanity, and I absolutely love your quotes - and photo. Also this paragraph""Our imagination never grows old this factor is what keeps us young at heart. So dare to imagine and dream for the sake of humanity depends on us. Never give up on a dream for dreams are where we came from, where we are now and where we are going."Wonderfully inspiring.Please log in to respond to this comment.Thank you for commenting Jennifer.Please log in to respond to this comment.
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