Don't Say I Didn't Tell You

Getting better as I get older is a goal I cherish. It means I will gain insight and share love as I age. Aging implies a loss of vitality and energy, but it also suggests a gain in wisdom. I wonder if anyone has done a study to evaluate the "I told you so" factor. Many of the things I warn my children and grandchildren about don't happen immediately, so they forget I told them it would happen. 

I wanted to remind my grandson that there would be a day when he would want to be able to use good English. Now that he is selling cars to people who are educated, he needs to use the language better; it's so boring and dull to study all that stuff, much less get it in his speech patterns and mental processing. I tried to tell him he should study language and how to communicate. He just blew me off. I told you so.

There are lots of these incidents. I told some of my grandchildren they should work hard and love God and never give up. All that stuff old people say sounds so old, but it works. When you look at the people who didn't, it's easier to understand. People who failed at their elementary lessons may be a sad reminder that laying a good foundation is important, maybe more important than IQ , or a nice smile, or "natural ability," 

I keep remembering the song Roy Clark sang, "Yesterday When I Was Young"