What Every 43 Year-Old Needs To Know
Posted August 15th, 2007 by Bob Fell under the category of General+ Increase Font Size | - Decrease Font Size
Today’s discussion group was entitled, “What every 35 year-old needs to know.”
The room was crowded with people who wanted to share what they have learned in their lives. None of them were preachy… you could tell that they care… their advice hit me hard and at 43 these are good things to hear.
They all said their parents rarely gave advice… instead they learned all they needed to know simply by watching. What was important was shown in how their parents lived their lives. There was true regret when they spoke of parents today who have a lot of opinions and talk about the right thing to do… but their kids see that the talk and their life don’t match up.
Then they slammed this thought home… “Why should your kids take your advice if you aren’t taking your advice?”
I love debates and discussions. I love to ponder and craft opinions. But this 43 year-old needs to spend a little more time crafting what I want to say with my life instead of the wonderful words I can put together in order to “enlighten” my children.
And if you think that’s great… wait till you hear what they had to say about marriage, careers and retirement…
