I Am Getting Older And Wiser
I know a lot of guys my age who are trying to recapture their youth, desperate to hold onto a past self that becomes more a part of the past with each passing day. They dye their hair and eyebrows the blackest black in the history of the color black and spend wayyyyyyy too much time trying to chat up twenty-something girls online, trying to prove to themselves and the world that they're not getting older, they're still 'cool'.
I can't think of anything more un-cool than trying to be young and cool.
But there is a different kind of cool for people my age to aspire to:
Sage is cool.
Wisdom is cool.
Gandalf is cool.
Merlin is cool.
Ben Kenobi is cool.
Yes, they're fictional characters and legends but they show us that [b][c=#800000]WISDOM[/c][/b] is a superpower. And wisdom only comes with time and experience and an open mind.
Past 50, cool is not trying to prove you can hang with younger people.
Cool is when younger people come to you because they want to hear what you have to say. And what they can learn.
I can't think of anything more un-cool than trying to be young and cool.
But there is a different kind of cool for people my age to aspire to:
Sage is cool.
Wisdom is cool.
Gandalf is cool.
Merlin is cool.
Ben Kenobi is cool.
Yes, they're fictional characters and legends but they show us that [b][c=#800000]WISDOM[/c][/b] is a superpower. And wisdom only comes with time and experience and an open mind.
Past 50, cool is not trying to prove you can hang with younger people.
Cool is when younger people come to you because they want to hear what you have to say. And what they can learn.
