Comments on: Age Is Just a Number, Birthdays a Sweet Reminder

By: andhari

andhari — Sun, 31 May 2009 10:56:19 +0000

It takes the wisest person to accept their age. I already am bitter for about to turn 22 next September.

By: andhari

andhari — Sun, 31 May 2009 04:56:19 +0000

It takes the wisest person to accept their age. I already am bitter for about to turn 22 next September.

By: andhari

andhari — Sun, 31 May 2009 04:56:00 +0000

It takes the wisest person to accept their age. I already am bitter for about to turn 22 next September.

By: sameve

sameve — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:53:26 +0000

Ryan, you give great examples of the point I was trying to get across with this post. It's so interesting to see just how fast someone can mature when they are forced to by something that happens in their life. I think the number and difficulty of the challenges and obstacles we face in our lives definitely make us grow up faster. You're right, these situations do cause us to take a closer look at ourselves, which can be pretty enlightening. Thanks so much for your comments!

By: sameve

sameve — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:53:00 +0000

By: ryanstephens

ryanstephens — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:42:18 +0000

Sam - There's been no single factor that has changed my friend's relative age more than becoming a parent. Instantly I see immature guys who would do anything to entertain a laugh become grown ass men. It's funny how really bad break ups, the lost of a love one, moving to a new city alone, and host of other things tend to be really hard experiences that make us grow up. I wonder, is it because we're less naive, less sheltered, have experienced more? Or is it something all together more.

I think it's because these situations always force us to turn the lens on ourselves and really evaluate the life we're living and the person we've become. We come more introspective, more intuitive, and in doing so we become aware of things other people encounter that we've already gone through.We're more savvy - we're older, just not in years.

Great post!

By: ryanstephens

ryanstephens — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:42:00 +0000

Sam – There's been no single factor that has changed my friend's relative age more than becoming a parent. Instantly I see immature guys who would do anything to entertain a laugh become grown ass men. It's funny how really bad break ups, the lost of a love one, moving to a new city alone, and host of other things tend to be really hard experiences that make us grow up. I wonder, is it because we're less naive, less sheltered, have experienced more? Or is it something all together more. I think it's because these situations always force us to turn the lens on ourselves and really evaluate the life we're living and the person we've become. We come more introspective, more intuitive, and in doing so we become aware of things other people encounter that we've already gone through.We're more savvy – we're older, just not in years.Great post!

By: sameve

sameve — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:08:20 +0000

Sarah, thanks so much, I'm glad you were able to connect with this post! You're right, it's definitely hard for people to acknowledge change or anything that's different than what they're used to. (Speaking of change, you should check out the Inconvenience of Change series on www.lifewithoutpants.com...I think you'd enjoy it!)

By: sameve

sameve — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:08:00 +0000

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:05:17 +0000

Great post =) Couldnt have said it better myself. I just think its hard for anybody to acknowledge change. And for many, age signifies change. We tend to forget that that's what life is all about.