It is funny how people always think that being older automatically means being wiser or more mature, I hav met quite a number of people who prove that this saying ,age no be maturity is 100% true, yeah..... Some people are way older than me, but honestly, when you sit down and talk with them, you will start wondering if it is really age that teaches sense.
So there was this man I used to be close to, let’s just call him Mr A, so at first, I really respected him because, you know, when someone is older than you, you just naturally give them that respect, but after spending more time with him , I started seeing things differently, Mr A always liked bringing up some kind of strange or unnecessary discussions , you know those kind of talks that don’t make sense or just lead to arguments for no reason.
So whenever he brought them up, and I tried to correct him or give him a better perspective, he would just flare up, sometimes I would say, Bro, this thing no be like that o, you no suppose do am that way, but he would immediately get defensive, acting like I was trying to control him, and now guess what? He would go ahead and still do it his own way.
At the end of the day, things would mess up, and he will come back to me to say it did not go well, and me in my mind, I would be like, didn’t I tell you?, but of course, I will just laugh it off and remind him that I was only trying to help in the first place, and then one day like that, he actually told me that he sometimes feels like I am dictating to him , that that’s why he gets upset, o me I just had to laugh it off, because I never even meant it that way, I told him, No na, I am just saying what is right, not trying to control you, But you see, that is how some older people behave, they believe that them being older automatically gives them the right to always be correct, even when they are clearly wrong.
I have come to realize that maturity has very little to do with age, see you can be in your 40s or 50s and still act like a teenager emotionally, some people think maturity is about how long you have lived, but it is really about how much you have learned and how well you apply that knowledge, there are young people out there with more sense, patience, and emotional balance than some adults twice their age.
Okay for example, take marriage, Some men and women, even though they are old enough, still cannot manage their emotions You will see couples quarreling over small things, giving each other silent treatment for days, or acting out just because they don’t want to admit that they are wrong, and you will be like, Wait, aren’t these people supposed to be mature? , But see ,the truth is, age doesn’t give you the ability to handle situations with wisdom , maturity does.
And sometimes it is just pride that stops people from learning from others, especially when the person advising them is younger, They forget that life is a continuous learning process, nobody knows it all, and no one’s too old to be corrected, I have met older people who listen and learn, and I have also met those who act like they know it all, yet they keep repeating the same mistakes.
And me, at the end of the day, I have learned not to assume that someone is mature just because of they are older, age is just a number, it doesn’t automatically come with wisdom or emotional growth, So yeah, age no be maturity at all, you can be young and have sense, and you can be old and still behave like pikin , that one no get any formula at all.
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