Wise heads on old shoulders.

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A question in a post by MysD made me think about how attitudes change as we grow older. I asked myself about my own attitudes and I have to admit that there are some changes in my attitudes due to my age. I have noticed, for instance, that I have only a passing interest in future technological advances. I use a cell phone and the internet but only in ways that are convenient for me, I have not bothered to investigate all the benefits it might offer. I am content with what I have and what I have is already more than I can handle. I have a dislike of programmes about future smart cars and I know exactly why. I would love to have a smart car to drive me where I want to go or check on my driving or the traffic around me, but it isn’t going to happen in a big way in the near future. So I am satisfied with my automatic car that beeps when I reverse badly, tells me that the brake is still on when I start off in a hurry and reminds me to turn off the lights when I vacate the car etc. I am much more tolerant of younger people now because time has given me hindsight into my own shortcomings when I was young. I may still judge my peers who are “old enough to know better” but the younger ones I know still have a lot to learn and, like me, they will learn most of it the hard way. It is a loss that wise heads have to wait until we go grey.