Hey everyone,
At what age/stage did you think you knew everything (or are you in that stage now?) When was the time in your life where your parents didn't seem to know anything, teachers had nothing useful to say, and basically, you saw everyone else in the world as knowing a whole lot less than you?
When did you (if you have) snap out of that phase and what made you think differently?
If you had to rate yourself on a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being the highest) of how much you think you know, how would you have rated yourself then, and how would you rate yourself now?
I went through that phase of thinking I knew a lot in my early 20's. I guess I figured no one understood, and if I could just get out, experience life, and live as an adult, I could surely prove myself.
Boy, did God have other plans!! I sure hope I can approach the rest of my life as a LEARNING experience rather than as a Trying To PROVE MYSELF Experience.
I would say I have 2 scales:
1. The How Much I Thought I Knew About Life Scale -- from ages 17-23, I was probably at an 8, while I was going through my worst stage. Now? I'm lucky if I'm at about a 2!!!
The older I get, the more I realize I know a whole lot about nothing. Listening to what other people have gone or go through, crying with and praying with people in extreme situations, and seeing how hard those in authority above me have to work made me realize, "I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF ANYTHING!!!"
2. However as I get older, I'd say the How Much I Know About Me Scale has gone from a 4 when I was younger to probably about an 8 in my current state. I'm stronger about holding to my values, know more about what I can and cannot tolerate, and God has developed my relationship with Him many times over compared to what I was when I was younger. Being adopted and not knowing my family background doesn't bother me as much as it used to (though of course sometimes I think about it), but rather, I've learned to be thankful for the awesome family God has given me.
How about the rest of you? How much did you know about the world and yourself back then... and how much do you know now? And what has changed your method of thinking along the way?
At what age/stage did you think you knew everything (or are you in that stage now?) When was the time in your life where your parents didn't seem to know anything, teachers had nothing useful to say, and basically, you saw everyone else in the world as knowing a whole lot less than you?
When did you (if you have) snap out of that phase and what made you think differently?
If you had to rate yourself on a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being the highest) of how much you think you know, how would you have rated yourself then, and how would you rate yourself now?
I went through that phase of thinking I knew a lot in my early 20's. I guess I figured no one understood, and if I could just get out, experience life, and live as an adult, I could surely prove myself.
Boy, did God have other plans!! I sure hope I can approach the rest of my life as a LEARNING experience rather than as a Trying To PROVE MYSELF Experience. I would say I have 2 scales:
1. The How Much I Thought I Knew About Life Scale -- from ages 17-23, I was probably at an 8, while I was going through my worst stage. Now? I'm lucky if I'm at about a 2!!!
The older I get, the more I realize I know a whole lot about nothing. Listening to what other people have gone or go through, crying with and praying with people in extreme situations, and seeing how hard those in authority above me have to work made me realize, "I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF ANYTHING!!!"
2. However as I get older, I'd say the How Much I Know About Me Scale has gone from a 4 when I was younger to probably about an 8 in my current state. I'm stronger about holding to my values, know more about what I can and cannot tolerate, and God has developed my relationship with Him many times over compared to what I was when I was younger. Being adopted and not knowing my family background doesn't bother me as much as it used to (though of course sometimes I think about it), but rather, I've learned to be thankful for the awesome family God has given me.
How about the rest of you? How much did you know about the world and yourself back then... and how much do you know now? And what has changed your method of thinking along the way?
