What does three years mean to you?
Half of your primary school life? Three quarts of your secondary school life? This is from an academic point of view. Three years could also be a short term mission trip to a needy country. It could be the gap between you and your younger sibling. Without a doubt, three years is a long period of time. You can grow quite a bit with three years worth of experience. Three years of life.
I've been thinking lately. How do you measure maturity in a person? Is maturity based on the age of an individual? Or is it based on the experiences one has gone through? I believe with reason that maturity is not completely dependent on age but is heavily dependent on the experiences we encounter in life. Different experiences shape our very soul. They influence the shape our unique and individual character takes as we grow up. For example, a person learns resilience after being through several setbacks in life. When life knocks him down, he picks himself up and thus becomes more resilient to setbacks because of the experience he has gained. Someone of the same age who has had a carefree life would not be able to cope with setbacks as well as this man. Thus, age is not a reliable measure for the maturity in a person. Experience is.
Is it possible then to meet someone younger who shares the same level of maturity as you do? Definitely. Maturity isn't measured by age but by experience. It is indeed possible to find someone who has been through similar experiences as you have in their shorter time on Earth. Cases of people who are more mature than others in their age group are sadly largely women. I guess its was just God's idea to make girls more mature than guys are.
Just some musings of mine. My bed calls me.
I am,
twistedshaft.
