Recently I turned 47 and I’m proud of that milestone. True, outside of avoiding life ending behaviors it has only meant that I have managed to successfully breath for that long and I embrace that. But it also means that I have gained a certain perspective on certain issues that I would not have otherwise developed. 

Along with that perspective comes wisdom, but the wisdom and the perspective require some introspection, as well. Now that part is internal reflection and, in my head cannon, it sounds like the part of the movie that is narrated by Morgan Freeman, so I’ll spare it here. Suffice it to say, there is much to be processed!

So now, with said perspective, you realize that said topic is not as important as most think it to be, or perhaps it is more important than most think it to be. From there you process that impact to be appropriate in size, or not. And from there we proceed to a host of other realizations… wait, I’m suddenly realizing something here…

Like the great Admiral Ackbar said… IT’S A TRAP!! Getting older and that whole “wisdom” thing is just a trap to keep your brain processing incessantly endless amounts of personal reflections and pairing them with “pearls of wisdom”. Unless you’re a kung fu master or some “monk of the world” that road is not the road of peace that it seems to be! Remember, just say no, stay in school, eat your veggies, and watch your MTV… yeah, I just said that!