Short Story: John's visit to a lighthouse
By emptychair
@innertalks (23734)
Australia
July 5, 2022 5:16pm CST
John went to visit a lighthouse, not far from his home, near a pebble beach.
He climbed up the winding stairs of the lighthouse, and soon he got to the first flat level, and looked out of the window there.
There was a table there, with a button to push to hear a message, spoken out to you there.
It said to John:
"The age of the age is not the age of the aged."
Then, John walked up the steps some more, and then he got to the second level, where there was another table, with cards on it there, and a sign saying to choose one, and to read the message on it too.
John's card was the ace of diamonds, but on its back was a picture of an old-time king, holding a candle holder, with a candle in it, which was not alight though.
There was a word written there on the bottom of the card there,
"tokenism."
Then, John walked up to the top of the lighthouse, and he enjoyed the view all around, through the much larger windows there, than the smaller porthole-type round windows on the other levels.
Recognising your own direction in life can be done at any age as your direction is set for you at your birth as the best path for you to take for your life.
Take it and alight the love in you so that you ace your life at all ages of your life.
Aged wisdom always serves you, not tokenism of wisdom only.
You need to see the wood from the trees.
Tokenism is an empty promise.
We need to grow more real with age, and age wisely, not just by adding tokenised medals to our chests.
Photo Credit: The photo used in this article belongs to the author of this piece
Find reality in your life, by living your age, aged by wisdom, not abandoned to tokenism instead.
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Jul 22
Not sure about this well I guess I agree with this but I can tell you I am glad I do not feel my age at all and I thank the Lord for that each day. I just keep on keeping on and doing what I like and I feel fine but I do keep in mind that I cannot be like a silly child anymore, I do have to answer for myself and know what is right and wrong and think positively and keep learning as I go along,
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@innertalks (23734)
• Australia
6 Jul 22
That is what I meant to say, that our age, as measured by our age, does not need to be the age that we have aged to.
We only age if we feel aged, and yet, we should also feel aged, to feel the benefits of having aged wisely too, and learned from each step of our aging to being aged.
We should acknowledge the wisdom of the ages, but not necessarily give into the fact that we have aged, and so have no wisdom anymore.
We should never give up on ourselves.
I just like to play with words, and that's why you were unsure about that, what I said there, I would say......
(It, what happened in this story, was actually a dream that I had the other night, and I was trying to work out its meaning for me too)
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Jul 22
@innertalks 
all's OK I understand and I just keep positive and attempt to do the right things always but still feel like I could be back in high school.
all's OK I understand and I just keep positive and attempt to do the right things always but still feel like I could be back in high school.2 people like this
@innertalks (23734)
• Australia
6 Jul 22
@RasmaSandra I also feel that there is a part of me that has never aged, and feels the same as I was back then too, but there is also another part of me, that wonders sometimes who exactly was that person that I was then too.
Some parts of me have changed from who I was then, some interests, and some ways of my thinking, have altered too.
In a lot of ways, most events that happened back then have mostly receded from my mind, and been forgotten about for now.
@innertalks (23734)
• Australia
6 Jul 22
Yes, it is good to gain such wisdom early on in life, as a lot of mistakes will be avoided.
I have been a bit naive, and have fallen for the odd false promise, as I am also a bit too trusting too.
I have only become tougher now, due to my ageing, and from having been caught so many times.
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
6 Jul 22
We tend to satisfy ourselves through tokenism.
We need to help those in need. How much is enough - till it really hurts the pocket!
And also, we think we can postpone what is needed to be done and that day never comes!
I try to do whatever I can as not another day is promised.
No point in leaving with regret.
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@innertalks (23734)
• Australia
6 Jul 22
Yes, we have to be real to others, and to ourselves, and to not just give out the appearance of reality.
"Actions speak louder than words," is the old saying, that is appropriate to add in here too.
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
7 Jul 22
@innertalks Yes, that reminds me of:
"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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@innertalks (23734)
• Australia
7 Jul 22
@Shiva49 That is usually right, but to get a rocket to the moon, some theory is required too, as with action on its own, the rocket might end up in somebody's backyard, rather than on the moon.
Usually, the right mix is better, rather than a dearth, or an oversupply, on either side.
