Grow Up

Does it ever seem that the older you get, the dumber people around you seem? When your little you think that every adult is smart and knows everything. As you start to get older you realize that this mentality changes. You will start to come across some really stupid people and say to yourself "Hmm.. well maybe not EVERY adult is smart." The thing is, people still hold this false frame of thinking. If your "older" then typical society considers you more credible than people younger than you. Simply because of the fact that you have been on this earth for a few more years. Experiences do provide for knowledge, but they are hardly a justifiable cause to go about judging people.

Ive seen many times when a young person will have great ideas and voice them, only to be shut out because someone "older" thinks they are young and stupid. ONLY because of the fact that they are young. Had a 60 year old voiced those same ideas would he have been taken more seriously? Most likely. This also goes the other way, a lot of young people wont listen to older people who have experience in a certain area they are trying to succeed in. Many will just dismiss the elder's information as old-school and assume that their new unproven ideas will be much better. Again, this is an incredibly stupid way of going about things.

The issue of respect also stems from this. The funniest thing to me is the so called "heiarchy" of respect based on age. Personally I dont care if your 16 or 60. If your an idiot that holds true no matter what age you are, and it is damn hard to respect and idiot. Many people go around all day demanding this respect or feeling of entitlement towards it, and some can be really extreme when it comes to it. Realistically when you meet someone there IS a certain level of respect. Its just from that point on the respect level will either go up or down based on actions. And for some reason people have the hardest time with this. A group may obey a dictator but that doesn't mean they will respect him. Think about a boss or supervisor that you may have had that was a total jackass. Did you respect them? Probably not right? but you still listened to them for fear of losing your paycheck. That isn't respect. You cannot demand respect. It is earned. If you do not respect others they will not respect you or take you seriously either. No matter your age or position.

My main point is that you should not place yourself above, or below others based soley on how old they are. Age has nothing to do with a persons credibility, talents, or personality. You'll find that once people put aside all of this egotistical b.s., and look at social interactions logically, a lot more will get across. Take a look at what the person is really saying, not their birthdate.