Hi Singapore Parents
A friend has sent me a note about thoughts on youth and age. The words were so excellent and provoking and I would like to share with you.
Getting older is the only way to live long.
The age of maturity is that age at which one is still young and is much more resourceful.
What most torments me about the foolishness of my youth, is no the crazy things I have done . . . but the fact that I can’t go back and do them again.
To get old is to go from passion to compassion.
Many people reach 80 because they waste time rying to stay at 40 forever.
At 20, desire rules; at 30, reason rules and at 40, it’s time for good sense and judgement.
Whoever is not beautiful at 20, strong at 30, rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be beautiful or strong or rich or wise.
When we pass 60, there are fewer things that we think are absurd.
Young people think the old are ridiculous. The old know the young are ridiculous.
A mature person goes back to find the serenity once enjoyed as a child.
Nothing passes by as quickily as the years . . .
When I was young, I was told “You’ll see when you’re 50″. I’ve passed 50 but I don’t see anything.
In the eyes of youth, there burns a flame. In the eyes of the old, there shines a light.
The initiative of youth and the experience of the older each have equal value.
There is a small child inside each one of us.
Each age calls for it’s own appropriate behaviour.
Young people travel in groups, adults travel in pairs and old people walk alone.
Happy is the one who was young as a youth and happy is the one who is wise in old age.
We all want to grow old and we all want to deny when we have arrived there.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE PASSING YEARS -
HOW TO LIVE THEM AND NOT JUST ACCUMULATE THEM!
So Singapore parents, do note the tips of growing old and becoming wiser . . .
Posted on April 6th, 2009 by June
Filed under: Poems and Quotable Quotes, Parenting Tips
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