Wisdom isn't always with the old

I had to laugh out loud.

"What am I supposed to say when people say, Oh your young yet?" My voice twin asks.

This after some of the wisest words I have heard to date out of her mouth. or anyones. Though to be truthful I played my cards on the most recent set of events close to my chest.

I had to laugh.

How many times have we heard that in our teens and twenties and even into our thirties? "Oh your still young" or "Ah youth" or "Oh to be your age again"

I laugh because when my students whine about being tired, my response is ALWAYS "Wait till you get to be old and crotchety like me" and seriously folks - I'm actually not that old. But to them I am.

The point is here that since last week, I have been harboring a number of situations that have left me with more questions than answers ( again ). She took the information that I desseminated and made sense of it. Now she could be wrong, and that's OK. But I have a gut feeling she's not. And NOT because I want her to be right either ( though it works out so much better if she is). She weeded through all the crap and came out with some really well thought out responses.

Now I don't want anyone ( including her because she reads this ) to think that I don't believe her capable - I do. I find that the 3 twenty somethings that I associate with are ridiculously smart sometimes in spite of the hinderance of youth. I was the same way, so I get it.

It just reminds me that age and wisdom are not always joined at the hip. Just because I'm the age I am doesn't make me smarter by definition. Just because my best friend is 12 years older than me doesn't make him smarter by definition. Someone younger than I am can be smarter than me too.

What I like is that it's in different areas. So Where I am weak they are stronger and vice versa or maybe it just seems that way given the situations.

Youth is amazing - why else would people be chasing it?