Comments on: http://dervala.net/2001/11/30/11/ A love letter Thu, 17 May 2012 06:47:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Jerry http://dervala.net/2001/11/30/11/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Jerry Sat, 07 Aug 2004 06:13:40 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=11#comment-5 Granted that you're using age in the conventional sense of accumulated days, months, and years, but it's always struck me, in particular with regard to Shelley, Keats and Wordsworth, that the latter, a sage, was younger than the two former poets mentioned. Those who accumulate years do so through a processs which is entirely natural and keeping with an essentially basic and boring aspect of our lives. Those who demonstrate age through other means, in the sense that older age has some significance as to being scholarly, etc., do so through other special powers. No, am not confusing "wisdom" or some special gift or way of seeing, but want to get out of the rut of attributing anything remarkable or especial to age....at all. There's nothing special about it. Some who have it may have special aspects to their nature because they've used their time especially wisely, but most don't. Including poets. And most especially politicians. ;) LOL Granted that you’re using age in the conventional sense of accumulated days, months, and years, but it’s always struck me, in particular with regard to Shelley, Keats and Wordsworth, that the latter, a sage, was younger than the two former poets mentioned.

Those who accumulate years do so through a processs which is entirely natural and keeping with an essentially basic and boring aspect of our lives. Those who demonstrate age through other means, in the sense that older age has some significance as to being scholarly, etc., do so through other special powers.

No, am not confusing “wisdom” or some special gift or way of seeing, but want to get out of the rut of attributing anything remarkable or especial to age….at all. There’s nothing special about it. Some who have it may have special aspects to their nature because they’ve used their time especially wisely, but most don’t. Including poets. And most especially politicians. ;) LOL

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