Youthful Wisdom.

My children are the quintessential old souls brimming with unrealized wisdom.   Unbeknownst to them, they are learning where the riches of life abound and finding happiness in it. They do  not seek fulfillment in extras, frills, or excess.    My teenage son smiled today because he said he had a GREAT day today. What did he do? He stayed home and did nothing.  Wow, when you realize that your happiness is connected to your self and  not external influences you have reached a level of wisdom that some grown folk  never even connect to.  He has humble bones that have strengthened over his short life into something that will aid his ethical and conscience development and that makes mama happy. He has the  mental structure for sustenance, endurance, and survival. He does not accept defeat and if defeat is handed to him he balks at it and casts it out as nothing more than a minor inconvenience. He doesn't dwell on it ;  He's a rebounder.  He refuses to settle. Negativity was not bred in his blood. He's been happy whether he's had two broke down knees or whether he won a district title.  I can't take all the credit as I feel like there is always something greater putting it's/His hand in the mix but I'm certainly proud to say that's my son.  He's always had something encircling him, providing him with lessons and the mechanics of how to deal with life intelligently and happily.  The world focuses so much on the excess and the accumulation of material wealth. We forget how to live, how to sustain living, and how to enjoy life  because we are always too busy looking for the next best  thing only to find out that it provides nothing of what we actually seek.  It has zero to do with what you drive, what you wear, what you own or what you do on your long weekends. Abundancy  dwells inside you.  You won't find it anywhere else.. and I learned that from my 18 year old son.

Truth be told: Be receptive to the lessons youth can teach you.  The moment you stop accepting they can teach you, God/the gods/Allah/insert your God here, will give you a big fat "F" in  Life Lessons 101.