11.18.09

I just learned today that I am slightly above the average age for the oldest team currently in the NBA (San Antonio Spurs).  How did that happen?

Some people say that "age ain't nothin' but a number."  But I beg to disagree in some regard.  I think with age comes value, and it does matter if you're x age or +10.  Maybe that's why I get offended when people think I just graduated from college, or that I look younger than my sister.  My plea to those who think I'm younger: "But who just looks more mature?"

I'm realizing however that maturity is not easily had.  I see this every time I find myself on similar paths I have gone down before (of the destructive sort).  I'm convinced that while I'm never back at square one, I am reminded of everything that is still not right with me.  But it creates in me a certain longing for when things will be.  This thought, I must say, has taken me years (maturing!) to embrace.