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Vol.33
Growing Old. |
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Born in 1944, I turned 70 this
year. It has been 48 years since
I joined the research industry.
When I was young, I was a
reckless type of man. My father
used to call me "boar warrior"
and fighting with him was a part
of my life. As I grew older,
however, people around me
started to say to me, "Youfve
mellowed out."
Like
I do, everyone has their own
strengths and weaknesses. In the
past, we often heard the joke
"My weakness is that I have no
weakness," because there is a
common recognition among people
that every person has
weaknesses. The interesting
thing is that a strength is
mostly the flip side of a
weakness; the polar opposite.
For example, gactiveh
is the opposite of gcarelessh
and gcautioush is the opposite
of gslow.h
There
are some people who keep
strengths and weaknesses
unnoticed and in moderate
balance, which may give an
impression of stability but be
seen as a lack of individuality.
Meanwhile, there is a huge
difference between maintaining
the balance since young and
learning the balance when
becoming old.
This
is because most of those who
have mastered something or
become the top of an
organization have strong
personalities with their
strengths and weaknesses
standing out. Such standouts
could be the vents for their
energy, and the stronger energy
people have, the more likely
they are to succeed.
In
the end, being unbalanced or
having weaknesses in youth is
not always bad. If one's
weakness is regarded as too much
a problem, their strength may be
lost as well as their weakness.
Weaknesses can be improved while
experiencing life.
Like
another old saying goes, "Leave
well enough alone."
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