“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?
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.
“Good judgement is the result of experience. And, experience? Well, that’s the result of bad
judgement.”
-Mark Twain
Our mission is very simple: WISDOM
UNDERSTANDING
and passing it down, so that those following “behind” us might have an easier time.
EVERYONE HAS LEARNED SOMETHING
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 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 question if it makes you more comfy answering. What we’re REALLY after are the THOUGHTS; FEELINGS and ADVICE that you would pass on to others you’ve not even met yet.
If you’re better at imparting wisdom embedded 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.
And when you’ve finished, please share the link with your friends! The more wisdom we collect, the better the final product will be!