Getting older

A friend of mine is having a significant birthday today. Yes, they are all significant but, you know, it's one of those that ends in a zero. We are all aging, which, in my opinion, isn't a bad thing. Some people find it to be more of an issue than others but the fact is that age is just a number. Yeah, some people's numbers are larger than others...

Anywho, thinking about aging today. Aging has its challenges. Once we reach a certain "era" in our life, things hurt that didn't used to hurt. We don't have the endurance we used to have. People start writing things in smaller fonts. And, today's generation doesn't speak as loud as we did. There are lots of physiological changes that we go through as we age. But, it shouldn't just be physical changes...

Today's word is Job 12:12, NLT, which reads, "Wisdom belongs to the aged, and understanding to the old."

We should get wiser as we get older. Why? Because we have lived and seen and should know a little more when we are fifty than when we were twenty. If you don't, you may have wasted some years and some chances. No doubt, my parents got a lot smarter as they aged. When I was a teenager, they were about as dumb as people could get. But, by the time I reached twenty-five or so, they had become significantly more intelligent and wise.

We should listen to those that have lived it. We should seek advice and counsel from those that have been there and done that. And, as we age, we should become that someone that others would want to seek advice from. As we age, we gain wisdom and understanding that we can pass along to others. If we consider aging in that light, I think we can agree that there is something really special about getting older.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T