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Started by fluffy jorgen, May 04, 2009, 05:26:19 PM

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fluffy jorgen

May 04, 2009, 05:26:19 PM
Something my mum said, triggered this off. She said: When you'll be my age you'll understand that life is this, this and this, not what you're making of it.

Has the older generation a lot more knowledge and experience than the younger generation or is it possible that those younger can be/ are actually wiser than those older?
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Hildy

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May 04, 2009, 06:00:20 PM
I'm what might be considered "old" (although I never think of myself that way), and am often surprised at how much I learn from people who are young enough to be my grandchildren!   ;D
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Pica Pica

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May 04, 2009, 06:05:23 PM
I live with an 87 year old holocaust survivor - a woman who has had a lot of time and traumatic events to gain wisdom, and she has some, but I like her best when she admits she is still making it up as she goes along. I think the 'when you get to my age' stuff represents a firming and solidity of world view more than anything.
'For the circle may be squared with rising and swelling.' Kit Smart
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tekla

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May 06, 2009, 01:32:26 AM
We're all making it up as we go.  At least she is cool enough to admit it.  Good on her.
FIGHT APATHY!, or don't...
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Jay

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May 06, 2009, 04:29:36 AM
I do believe we all have different experiance depending on where we are from/how we where brought up/ what has happened to us, and of course age is a factor.

Jay


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