Age and experience

It is true what they say, that wisdom often comes with age. Even after we turn 21 and become supposedly a fully-fledged adult, we are often faced with questions pertaining to our maturity. Our mums and dads question us, our older peers question us, and every now and again we question ourselves. I admit even now, sometimes I cringe at my own actions and ponder in all night long just how old I think I am. That is until I encounter someone with less experience than I. It was a Wednesday night; she was fresh out of high school and dressed from head to toe in white. It is amazing what 5 years could give a person. All of a sudden, I didn’t feel so young anymore, I realized just how much I have matured and grown over the last few years. Every little experience which didn’t seem so important at that time had combined to give me a whole new perception on things. True, on many occasions I am still the young naïve girl I was when I was 18, but the there’s still a long journey ahead of all of us. Every bump, every rock, and every ass**** we encounter on the way makes us older, stronger and wiser. And hopefully at the end of our journey is the destination we call maturity.