it takes time

At the age of 18, I had the world figured out!

I knew it all

Or at least I thought I did.

I listened to my parents and did not stray far from their teachings. But in my mind...I was GROWN. It was time for me to live the life that I wanted to live. I was in college and I was ready to take the world by storm.

A funny thing happened between 18 and 22...I experienced life. I grew up even more than before. I still thought that I knew it all.

By 30, I had truly experienced so many things that I was in position to REALLY know it all.

As I slide toward my 40th birthday in December, I realize what I should have learned as a teen...what I should have learned at 18...I don't know it all. Life's experiences help mold us into who we are. Through those experiences we gain wisdom. I'm sure you thought you knew it all at one point in time. Just be glad that you got a chance to live long enough to learn more.

quotes of the week

"A wise person speaks carefully and with truth, for every word that passes between one's teeth is meant for something."- Anonymous

"If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else." - Marvin Gaye


"Always be smarter than the people who hire you." - Lena Horne


"I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try." - Nikki Giovanni


"There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires."- Nelson Mandela

Quote of the Week

"If you argue with a fool you must argue like a fool or he will think
himself wise. If you argue like a fool you become a fool and the fool
becomes wiser then you. So never argue with a fool." -Anonymous