The good, the bad and the popular

Looking through an old yearbook today, I started to think about all the people I knew in high school whose lives seemed to be so much more full of fun than mine. The beautiful popular cheerleader types, or the smooth talking good-looking types.

We all envied them back then, because their lives seemed to be one long party, one fun experience after another, Neither they nor we could have known back then that a life of constant pleasure during those teenage years almost inevitably sets one up for a life of frustration afterward. There are skills not acquired, habits not formed, and lessons about the real world not learned during those years of having everything go so smoothly for you.

Have you ever noticed an illness early in life if not severe, can teach a person to take sensible care of their health after ? or how growing up with fianacial limitations gives one a realistic notion of what it means to earn or spend a dollar. Or how the frustrations of adolescence can teach a person compassion and sensitivity. Jung was once quoted as saying “only the wounded doctor can heal.” How can a young person to whom things have always come easily learn the lessons of patience, hard work, and tolerance in failure of others.That is why the most talented of people have a hard time being coaches, boss’ and teachers ect… They do not know how to teach or help others achieve what comes so naturally to them.

I see people who seem to still be living their high school years. I often wonder what will happen to these now adults when they realize the party is over.

Peace an love