Posted by 64Bowtie on March 27, 2004, at 5:13:10
To all,
What if everything I say is wrong? Who's gonna know? All I'm pointing out is that parents either intentionally or forgetfully don't encourage their children to be adults at the genetically appropriate time. Then the parents scratch their heads in confusion when their 23 yearold (still-a-kid) child goes to prison for committing a felony. "He was always such a good kid, too!"
If all his life he only made feeling decisions, and he never was encouraged to apply logic to life, even a little bit, he can miss the difference of right and wrong and commit that crime in ignorance. He still goes to prison! His parents may be sad and embarassed, but they don't feel culpable. "Who knew?"
80 years ago the Swiss Scientist, Jean Piaget, hinted at the not-yet-discovered "Genetic Clock" that alarms when it is time to change how we look at life. Even so, maybe Piaget is wrong, too?
Obligation to the prevailing story of life, makes us avoid these important new signals at the right time they need to be responded to. We then get to be middle aged, running on empty and running out of excuses about why this is so. If only someone had mentioned trading in our behaviors from childhood for our adult skills and attributes, we probably wouldn't have fallen into this mess.
What if I'm wrong? At age 85, we ask about life, "What was that?"
Rod
PS: If I'm right, you get a good chance at fulfillment.
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