IS IT POSSIBLE?
Something that has been plaguing me for a few weeks, now was so casually put into light, I can not help but share.
Do we actually believe that kids, have little wisdom? I think for the most part that we as adults do. I was sitting quietly at Starbucks the other morning, and as Everett got up to retrieve our drinks a lady sitting next to him asked, is that your son. I quickly responded yes. She went on to tell how well behaved and sweet he seemed. I said thank you and thought to myself, he was a very sweet boy. At this point I honestly can't remember how we got on the subject of wisdom but, she said I have always felt that teens especially are far more in tune with themselves and have so much wisdom.
Before you go thinking I am full of it, here is the theory. When we are young we have less to fill our minds. We think possibly clearer than we do as an adult. Now I understand you may disagree. Though as adults we have seen a lot, experienced a multitude of things. The move down here has been such a struggle on my psyche and who I am. Hollister and all the things I was involved in defined who I was. 
Now without those things to distract me, I am left pondering who I am! That's okay, I am good with that. So with a new mission in life, I was reminded by my very intelligent Freshman. "Mom, maybe you should go back to school and finish your degree." Makes perfect sense to teen, because to them why would you go to school for five years and never use any of it? It never was an option before but why not? I have been blown away on so many occasions what teens and kids see and interpret and digest. It amazes me how they soak so much up.
I have been encouraged, thought to think differently and challenged by so my kids. Causing us to see things in their eyes in that fresh perspective, that we somehow have lost along the way. Thinking upon it now brings a smile to my face, because we think we are smarter because we are older and that just isn't the case all the time........
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