Saturday, August 2, 2008

It takes 50 years to be a 50 year old.

"It takes 50 years to be a 50 year old guy.."

This thought came to me yesterday when i was just sitting around, doing nothing with thoughts wandering around here and there. Suddenly I thought, I am 25 years old and It took me 25 years to be 25 year old. Frankly put, achieving this endeavor really didn't involve any of my skills... No sir, not a single one.. I have been moving alongwith time which ofcourse didn't require any effort from my side. As i thought about improving this achievement of mine, and taking it to the next level, I came to this conclusion that it will take me 50 years in total to be a 50 year old guy.

In order to have wisdom and experience of a 50 year old guy, i have to be a 50 year old guy. If i'll somehow gain experience and wisdom of a 50 year old guy before actually being a 50 year old person, world will still not treat me as a person having 50 years of experience. I may be regarded as person having great intellect and ability, but never a person having 50 years of experience.

Hence the statement, "It takes 50 years to be a 50 year old".

PS: This post is not for public digestion.

1 comment:

Burhan Rasool said...

I was thinking k 3 years experience walay ko kia 3 saal industry mein guzarne hotey hain ya evolve kerna hota hai... koi standard test hona chahiye k ye saheb ka experience itna hai... jaisay IQ test hota hai

as Ghalib said to one of the elders in his neighborhood, "boodhey ho gaye ho buzurg nahi"