“Wisdom of the Ages – or, what I wish I knew, before I found out the hard way.” To put it another way: Is there a story from your life that illustrates this “idea”? Perhaps some bit of knowledge that your folks neglected to pass along to allow you to be “prepared” for adulthood (whateverthehheckthatmeans) and, did you stumble across it as you grew into “manhood”? What happened? Is there a bit of wisdom that you might pass along to help others on this arduous journey?
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Open to any men of any age.
Edited (probably into themes of some sort- I’ll know better after I see some of your responses) and then
collated and analyzed by a psychologist to seek commonalities among all of us.
“A Gentleman is someone who knows how to play the accordian, but chooses not to.”
-Tom Waits
Our mission is very simple: WISDOM
WISDOM
IT IS ALL ABOUT COMIPLING WISDOM
and passing it down, so that those following “behind” us might have
an easier time.
EVERYONE HAS LEARNED SOMETHING
AGE IS NO FACTOR
Wisdom can be had and shared by the youngest of us you needn’t be old and grizzled…in fact I’d love to
get men of all ages involved in this project because something that might be obvious to one of us might
be revelatory to someone else.
“What advice would you give to yourself when you were half as old as you are now… and why?”
“What words of wisdom do you wish your father (or Mother) had bestowed upon you long, long ago
rather than have to learn it on your own?”
Paraphrase this idea if you need to allow you to find those pearls of wisdom that reside in us all…then
share that wisdom with the world.
Feel free to write as little as you like; as much as you like. Make it heartfelt, sincere, pithy, humorous,
practical… or send along anything else that you feel might be useful for others and we’ll edit and compile
it and try to get it published.
Feel free to paraphrase the questions if it makes you more comfy answering. What we’re REALLY after
are your THOUGHTS; FEELINGS and ADVICE you pass on to others you’ve not even met yet.
If you’re better at imparting wisdom imbedded in a story, then do that, though we may need to edit it
for content, brevity etc., so keep that in mind when you submit.
Finally, you may be thinking: “I’m not certain that I want to share this story with a complete stranger.” –
To that all I can say is you won’t be sharing your story with a complete stranger. Nope. With any luck at
all, you’ll be sharing it with a million complete strangers. Ain’t it cool?