The Biggest Change Comes With Age

I wrote a paper on Kent State when I was in college. I think it was pretty well written but I clearly felt that the students were in the right. And of course to this day I do not feel that they should have been killed or fired upon. It was a crazy time however in America. People felt threatened.

Now at middle aged with three children, a wife and a mortgage I wonder if I feel differently. I do not about Kent State , my opinion is ingrained. I do though with age see that sometimes things that are done with the potential to escalate are sometimes better not done at all.

I read somewhere that nothing cures crime like age. I believe it to be true. I think of things I did driving as a youth and as my sons get close to driving age know that I was stupid. I hope they will not be.

With twenty years more life would those students have went up that hill against armed soldiers. I would think not.

A life lesson might be consider the worst and best possible results before any action. I think a movie I watched said something like make sure the juice is worth the squeeze.

Is getting to school before the bell worth that dangerous pass, is being on the hill worth getting shot if a soldier panics. When talking to our young people let us hope that they remember we want them to drink lots of juice over thier lifetimes.