Wisdom of Youth

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The first thing that jumps in your head when you think about “ wisdom of youth “ is surely : What will we do for the future? What will we change in the world ? Will we improve it or destroy it? All these questions take you far away into the future while I think that we should concentrate more in the today’s world. If you think a little bit more, you’ll see that there is a contradictory in the subject. Being wise and being young. That does not seem to happen much. Wisdom is something you gain as the age goes . Life is not like school , in school you learn the lesson and than take the test while in life you give the test first than you learn the lesson . It doesn’t seem very fair as it is another thing that they prepare us in school for and a completely different thing what we have to deal in life with. But that’s just the way it is. A wise person is someone who has a good judgment on the situation because of their experience. That’s why our parents always say “ When you come to my age……” . Yes, dear parents , we will come to your age and I’m pretty sure that we will mostly , always mostly not 100% , think like you do. But we are at our own age right now. As Steven Wright said: "The older you get, the more you learn to see what you've been taught to see. When you're a kid, you see what's there." While being young is another thing. It is about having dreams and wishes and hopes . Everything is new to us , a mystery . When you are young you think you know everything and some people may see it as a bad thing but I don’t. At our youth we have the highest self esteem and courage and visions and the biggest probability on achieving the things we want . You really have the time of your life. When you go old you don’t say : “ I did so good on that test 50 years ago” but you say “ I had so much fun that night 50 years ago.” I know that everyone feels that
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