Do you think with old age comes wisdom?

[fuzzybuddy]

To be honest, I don't know if I'm all that much wiser than I was 20 years ago. Yeah, there's a difference in being 18 and 39. I think once you get to a certain age, you're about a wise as you're going to be. Do you think with old age comes wisdom?

 

[Alligatorob]

Sometimes... kinda depends on how good we are at using our life experience. I know (in my case anyway) the mind slows down a bit, memory isn't as good, but for a while anyway those life experiences can counterbalance the losses.

“Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.”
Theodore Roosevelt
https://www.newretirement.com/retirement/funny-quotes-about-aging-quotes-about-getting-older/

 

[oldaunt]

Some folks live and learn. Some folks are lucky to live because they never learn.

 

[DebraMae]

Do you think with old age comes wisdom?

Yes, to some degree. If I could go back in time I know there are many mistakes that I would not make again.

Some things, though, I still have not mastered.

 

[Naturally]

Old age just means you showed up everyday. Everything else is bonus

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Oh hell yes. There are definitely more things I’ll never do again that I’ve learned from past experience

 

[RadishRose]

To be honest, I don't know if I'm all that much wiser than I was 20 years ago. Yeah, there's a difference in being 18 and 39. I think once you get to a certain age, you're about a wise as you're going to be. Do you think with old age comes wisdom?

Yes. Well it should anyway. Common sense tells us the longer we're around, the more we learn. Unless there's something wrong....

 

[Warrigal]

Wisdom grows over time like an old tree, as long as you water it from the well of lived experience and loving relationships.

 

[perplexed]

Absolutely, like the old saying goes "if I knew then what I know now" holds true, I find myself saying things my mama said to us kids growing up so yes wisdom does come the older we get.

 

[jujube]

As the old Pennsylvania Dutch saying goes: "Ve grow too soon oldt and too late schmardt."

 

[davey]

I've seen it never come - is that an oxymoron - or Jewish ? - but you know what I mean? - sometimes it comes at last - sometimes never - there that's better - sometimes in dribs and drabs other in a swoosh?? I'm now an octogenarian and it's just started coming! I think ?

 

[Warrigal]

I've been retired now for some 25 years and before that I was referred to as a "wisdom figure" because I had had years of experience as part of the team charged with innovation. I knew things, and was prepared to share my knowledge with younger staff to encourage them believe in themselves.

I think I was being a mentor but I was very pleased to learn that others saw wisdom in action.

 

[seadoug]

I think it comes with wisdom based from experience, that is if we learn from our experiences.

 

[Jamala]

No wisdom does not come with old age. Just saying...my six year old grand daughter is the wisest person I know!

 

[Gaer]

Depends on the evolution of the soul, the transcendence of the mind and heart.
This differs with the individual, I think.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if it were true for everyone?

 

[Vida May]

To be honest, I don't know if I'm all that much wiser than I was 20 years ago. Yeah, there's a difference in being 18 and 39. I think once you get to a certain age, you're about a wise as you're going to be. Do you think with old age comes wisdom?

I think that totally depends on one's intellectual development. Only part of intellectual development comes without effort. If one chooses to not make an effort to learn, of course, intellectual development will remain minimal.

On the other hand, if one is devoted to lifelong learning, wisdom improves with age. This is not only because the person's brain holds more information, but also because neurons continue to grow and this increases the connections. When more neurons are stimulated at the same time, a person may experience enlightenment.

Enlightenment is beyond knowing facts, it is knowing the meaning of the facts and getting complex concepts. That is knowing the bigger picture and it does come with age if a person intentionally works for that.

 

[Geezer Garage]

I think I had that happen when I was working on a faulty light socket once.

When more neurons are stimulated at the same time, a person may experience enlightenment.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I would hope so! But some people are what I call "born not to know" and they could live to be 100s of years old and still not be graced with wisdom or common sense.

 

[Naturally]

Strictly from a factual scientific level, here's one article about How the brain changes with age
If interested, Google will find others and many are similar ...

 

[Della]

I've learned much from the mistakes I made when I was young. Now I make new mistakes.

 

[hearlady]

Yes. I'm wiser. Wise enough to know that I won't get a do-over in retirement.

 

[Ruthanne]

In some ways yes. In terms of health a person can be wise about their experiences. It also depends on the person's life.

 

[Pepper]

Obviously we accumulate more stuff; more experiences, but Wisdom, IMO, is generally not one of them. No, I'd have to say No, we don't. Those who are wise were probably always so.

 

[Fyrefox]

Age is not necessarily synonymous with wisdom, and I find the old fool more commonplace than the sage. Some people live their entire lives, and learn nothing except for self-service. Wisdom as Proverbs personifies her cries aloud in the marketplace, but people must seek out and harken to her voice. The wise are often characterized by cognitive flexibility while those less so seek only to discount ideas or force their conformity into a rigid world-view…

 

[Lewkat]

Not necessarily. We often confuse wisdom with common sense.