As you get older, Do you find yourself more able to appreciate the people, events, and situations that have been part of your life history?

[Anonymous]

[Dargil]

I have done my genealogy and I have discovered that I am not Irish but rather Scots irish. Which is a completely different culture. My ancestors were Presbyterian not catholic. My ancestors lived primarily out in farmland and not an urban areas. And one of my ancestors hooked up with that Cherokee girl because the pickings of available white women were very slim up there in the mountains.

[molonski2]

Absolutely no doubt about it , when I was young I gave these issues zero value , now I appreciate everyone has a reason and reasoning , absolutely , much more respect , also for myself I think , having worked things though to this stage.

[Abbycado]

Yes, I think that’s true. I definitely have more appreciation the older I got and understood the significance and impact of certain things.

[Joe917]

Yes, when I was about 15, my class took a trip Washington DC. We got a tour of the Pentagon. We also went to New York. I just wanted to go home at the time, and didn't really understand the significance of it all. Now that I look back, I'm glad I got to experience. Just wish I could do it again at my current age.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

It's a puzzle slowly making sense yep, maybe it's what so many dead people named wisdom?

[OneViewpoint]

Yup. Time brings experiences and therefore perspective. More time brings more perspective.

[exitseven]

yes, maybe because there are a lot more of them.

[Anonymous]

No. Just try to make less mistakes.

[MrChinaski]

I try to make more. It's working out quite well for me.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Yes, because most have passed.

[ponderingpaul]

Yes, they make you who you are today