It’s pretty easy to get frustrated in your 20’s because you don’t know what you’re doing with your life, or feel like you’re not doing anything at all. I’ve seen it over and over in myself and in the folks around me. But it’s kinda ridiculous when you think about it.
The average American life span is 77.5-80 years, according to Wikipedia. So if we have 80 years on this earth, let’s disregard the first 20 as childhood say that our adult life will be about 60 years. That would put the halfway point of our adult life around age 50.
Now in that light, what exactly do we expect to have to show for ourselves in our 20’s? I’m 27 and I’m just barely an adult. Now I’m not saying that God can’t use young people (He can) or that we just have to get through this period because the only thing that matters is what happens later. I’m simply saying that for those of us in our 20’s who look at our lives and panic because we don’t know what we’re doing or don’t have anything to show for ourselves can take a deep breath and relax a little.
Filed under: Life, Reflections
It’s a shame that things of this nature are better recognized in hindsight. We seem to be best at slowing life down after it has passed us by.
“The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.”
– John F. Kennedy
So true!!! I see this so often among my friends and family. It’s really sad, especially b/c often those who think they have ‘nothing to show for themselves’ have often accomplished so much!