Life gets better with age

Daily writing promptWhat do you think gets better with age?View all responses

Experience accumulates
Accomplishments compound

Perspective expansion
Knowledge matures

Wisdom germinates
Patience flourishes

If you let it
If you try

Humility propagates
Age’s endowments

I’m confident that we all know people who have not improved with age, who never seem to mature. For a variety of reasons. There is a sadness there, but not one anyone can do anything about.

“An unexamined life is not worth living,” is attributed to Socrates. The willingness to look at yourself as a flawed human being who and learn from one’s mistakes. And then correct is about humility. Not being damagingly self deprecating, but saying. “I tried, I learned, I’ll try again. Maybe I’ll fail again. And I’ll try again.” in a constructive and light hearted, but meaningful way. I think it is hard, not saying I’ve got it right. It does beat the alternative though.

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