Knowing

I think I discovered something important today.

It is not the fountain of youth, but it is the path that surrounds it.

Wisdom comes with age, knowledge gleaned from a lifetime of living.  But on the edge of wisdom is false hubris and that is the trait that congeals wisdom into despair.

Along with how to handle, or do, many things I now know a million ways that will not work.  I can nix something while it is still a thought because "I know" it will fail.

Youth does not have all those experiences so it is much more likely to try and in trying discover how to succeed.

Maintaining  my optimism and open mindedness may be like dipping a toe in the fountain of youth.