It's come to my attention that some of my slightly older peers believe that they are painfully more wise and knowledgeable when it comes to worldly matters than I am. They, apologetically, warn me of the differences between the two of us, all of which are owed to age differences, which immediately provoke the question: then, why are we hanging out? It's as if they believe that I'm exceptional enough to participate in the conversation but yet, at times, not exceptional enough to escape what's typical of someone my age. To be blunt and brief, I'll say: That's annoying. Of course, I won't leave it at that... that would totally be out of my character, as you know if you've been reading my blog.
Here are my thoughts: with maturity comes wisdom. With meaningful life experience and a significant level of self-awareness, one can draw useful lessons from their lives to the extent that they understand how to advise others for similar circumstances -- this doesn't mean that they would advise others to do one thing or another, necessarily, but just that they can advise on the "big picture" concepts, ideals, etc. that one should prioritize in making a decision.
I'm annoyed when people, who clearly have not grasped this concept, try to explain to me that my mindset, my opinions and my outlook on life are "tainted" by my age. I'm not suggesting that age plays no role at all in one's outlook but, at some point, and for some people, age is one of so many underlying factors that it's significance is trace. When one has developed a self that is so overwhelmingly influenced by life experiences and meaningful deliberation of the lessons that resulted from those experiences, then, in the words of my girl, Aaliyah, age ain't nothing but a number. Some people achieve this well before they are expected to and some people never reach this level. Only a fool (an unwise person) would believe that wisdom is attained one birthday after another. To those people I emphatically say, GROW UP!!!
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