Age of Maturity

Backstory  

What is life all about?  Writing the Consider This shows, I think about that.  I watch out for what others are saying; sometimes the sages, sometimes wise old folks, sometimes innocent youngsters.   One of my favorite musers of life is poet and memoirist Maya Angelou.  You will find her quoted in this week’s story.

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Age of Maturity –  #635

I’ve been trying to figure out if I have reached the age of maturity. What is that age? I believe it to be the point at which one is still young enough to perform, but is much more resourceful.

In the eyes of youth, there glows a flame. In the eyes of maturity, there shines a light. It’s a status earned by the baby boomers.  Seems to apply to folks in their sixties and seventies who still have the vigor, if not the stamina. We are more accepting, less relentless. You might say we go from passion to compassion.

When you’re past 60, there are fewer things that we think are absurd. We’ve seen it all – or so we think – until the next mind-blowing occurrence reminds us that we are still in the game. 

One thing we have learned for sure – nothing passes by as quickly as the years. 

Things change as time passes.

Young people travel in groups; adults travel in pairs; old people walk alone.

The point of it all is to LIVE those years, not just accumulate them.

I like the way Maya Angelou put it.  She said, “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

P.S.   

Maya Angelou was quoted in this week’s story.  Here is another of her quotes that obviously comes from a state of delightful maturity.  She said, I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Amen.

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