Wednesday, July 05, 2006
In Pythagoras's time, a man's life was mapped out as follows:
0 - 20 Years - Childhood
21 - 40 Years - Adolescence
41 - 60 Years - Young Man
61 - 80 Years - Old Man
I wish I would have known this when I was younger! When I was twenty-five and getting married, I considered myself to be entering into the Young Man phase.
I was just an Adolescent!
Now, that I'm turning forty-one...this September...I definitely feel my age.
I feel like I'm leaving adolescence behind and moving into being a Youn Man.
And really, I just now have enough experience and prudence to consider myself to be a Young Man.
Also, it takes off some of the pressure that I'm not a millionaire yet.
I'm just now coming off being an adolsecent.
What did I know about making money?
Plus, having gained a little smidgeon of wisdom, I think I may not go for the big bucks anyway.
Having reached the age of forty, I've seen firsthand that money doesn't buy happiness.
It definitely doesn't buy Freedom. Or Virtue. Or a Soul. Or intelligence. Or Salvation.
I mean, judging by the process of elimination, I think I might stick to enjoying sunrises and sunsets. A friendly gesture from a stranger. The warm significance of family. The true gift of friendship.
In other words, sometimes the best things in life really are free.
Not bad wisdom, coming from just a young man.
0 - 20 Years - Childhood
21 - 40 Years - Adolescence
41 - 60 Years - Young Man
61 - 80 Years - Old Man
I wish I would have known this when I was younger! When I was twenty-five and getting married, I considered myself to be entering into the Young Man phase.
I was just an Adolescent!
Now, that I'm turning forty-one...this September...I definitely feel my age.
I feel like I'm leaving adolescence behind and moving into being a Youn Man.
And really, I just now have enough experience and prudence to consider myself to be a Young Man.
Also, it takes off some of the pressure that I'm not a millionaire yet.
I'm just now coming off being an adolsecent.
What did I know about making money?
Plus, having gained a little smidgeon of wisdom, I think I may not go for the big bucks anyway.
Having reached the age of forty, I've seen firsthand that money doesn't buy happiness.
It definitely doesn't buy Freedom. Or Virtue. Or a Soul. Or intelligence. Or Salvation.
I mean, judging by the process of elimination, I think I might stick to enjoying sunrises and sunsets. A friendly gesture from a stranger. The warm significance of family. The true gift of friendship.
In other words, sometimes the best things in life really are free.
Not bad wisdom, coming from just a young man.
