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Observations on Old People

Today I went to a 12 step meeting and made an interesting observation. There were about 15 people in the room and 2 or 3 of the guys are old enough to be my grandparents. That’s not the interesting part, but what is, is that I think most of the people, including myself, look up to those men. It is assumed that they have more experience, wisdom, and more value in how they think and act than the rest of us.

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Hmmmm… big deal.

I think what makes this so interesting is that I don’t think this about all old people. In fact in most church settings Continue reading

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