When you cross 50 and look back over your shoulders you realise you have been fortunate to cross half a century and wisdom prevails on you that you have experienced good bit of life.....almost.You look at your journey and assess what was that you liked to be remembered for and what not for.How could you have done things differently .Then you realise the change in your social and economic stature, your health and wealth, your family and acquisitions and may be decide to change course towards a carefree life to still feel young and/or turn pure spiritual and philosophical, giving free advise to every one you meet.
Yes, one has carved his or her own story called life.But post 50,do we start becoming more aggressive in our approach towards life and things around us?Do we start loosing our patience and start expecting things the way we are accustomed to?Do we get flustered with the patterns of the Gen X?One should ideally not expect anything from anyone, spiritually.However ,in routine professional life we see the stories of many others unfolding in front of us, as we try to educate, guide, mentor the person and yet.............they write their own script in spite of our warnings and suggestions making those mistakes and possibly (not)learning from them.
What I notice is that ,the pressures all around us make us fight to the finish and hence we become aggressive in our mental approach many a times or at times you feel that there is not enough happening in life and hence one must try something new, possibly adventurous and keep your self young.We mingle with the youth but should know how to play their game being in it.Yet show them what they need to know so that they benefit from the experiences we have had.Learn from them the technology, new age wisdom,latest about the world of education and the peer pressures they face.They have to be comfortable with our presence in the company of their friends if a situation arises,We should know when and where to step in or step out and how to do that as well.The level of impatience is so high in these youngsters that it looks they want to achieve everything...yesterday.
The wine may be the same , the way it is marketed in a new bottle may make the difference.The youngsters should feel like picking it up from the shelf and the peers know that even if externally it looks different, that is the same good old matured wine in it.That approach can help us create a life post 50 that would get us soberly intoxicated just so that we enjoy in that environment and not cause damage but create circumstances that help others gel well and make life a grand party.
Yes, one has carved his or her own story called life.But post 50,do we start becoming more aggressive in our approach towards life and things around us?Do we start loosing our patience and start expecting things the way we are accustomed to?Do we get flustered with the patterns of the Gen X?One should ideally not expect anything from anyone, spiritually.However ,in routine professional life we see the stories of many others unfolding in front of us, as we try to educate, guide, mentor the person and yet.............they write their own script in spite of our warnings and suggestions making those mistakes and possibly (not)learning from them.
What I notice is that ,the pressures all around us make us fight to the finish and hence we become aggressive in our mental approach many a times or at times you feel that there is not enough happening in life and hence one must try something new, possibly adventurous and keep your self young.We mingle with the youth but should know how to play their game being in it.Yet show them what they need to know so that they benefit from the experiences we have had.Learn from them the technology, new age wisdom,latest about the world of education and the peer pressures they face.They have to be comfortable with our presence in the company of their friends if a situation arises,We should know when and where to step in or step out and how to do that as well.The level of impatience is so high in these youngsters that it looks they want to achieve everything...yesterday.
The wine may be the same , the way it is marketed in a new bottle may make the difference.The youngsters should feel like picking it up from the shelf and the peers know that even if externally it looks different, that is the same good old matured wine in it.That approach can help us create a life post 50 that would get us soberly intoxicated just so that we enjoy in that environment and not cause damage but create circumstances that help others gel well and make life a grand party.
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