Caution....in Maturity
Something that has re-occurred several times these last weeks has finally caused me to voice my concern about how maturity is viewed by the younger generations. Can I say it forms a dividing line between the aged and young at heart who maybe the same age.As we age we get more cautious, probably because of baggage and pain we incurred throughout life. But where is a line drawn, when caution is more like fear, and less like adventure or an open mind.
Now I know I am more reckless than most my age because I have always taken chances, but I do admit as we age we do not bounce back as quickly, so caution can start to look like it's taking control.
Is this why we hear we are wiser in maturity, or is it no more than caution edged with fear and does it effect us meeting a new life partner?
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I've been somewhat reckless through my life, now I would describe myself as spontaneous, but nowhere near as impulsive as I've learned a thing or seven over the years
Nice blog
I think as we get older one accumulate baggage ,This can some times stop us from going into the new.
I never learn my lessons....
When I see a performance its not like the last performance,
Is is all new.
If I meet a lady for the first time then she is all new
not my ex , Its like a new landscape that I have not seen before all of my being becomes alive.
There is no time for the old performance.
I think my 16 year-old daughter is more mature than I am.
She got herself a 17 year-old boyfriend from the same school early this year. I just embarked on a LDR. When I Skype with my special someone, I giggled a lot. My daughter would give me THAT 'seriously Mom?' look and rolled up her eyes!
She once told me, "i don't behave like that even when I'm with Jordan" and she then shook her head.
Without a beat, I answered her, "It's because Jordan's not as funny as my Bob" and gave her some of these
For me, "settling" in myself, knowing my wants, needs and what makes me tick and being happy in myself.
I was always sensible in some regards but will always be spontaneous and throw caution in the wind in others. It has worked in the past (in regards to men) and I hope I won't end up on my nose one of these days because my luck changes.