Rules of Life by R.Templar

Rule of Life 2. YOU’LL GET OLDER BUT NOT NECESSARILY WISER.

There is an assumption that as we get older we will get wiser; not true, I’m afraid. Wisdom isn’t about -мудрость заключается не- not making mistakes, but about learning to escape afterward with our dignity –достоинством—  and sanity –благоразумие— intact.

You can look at it this way — the older you get, the more –чем… тем… — areas you’ve covered to make mistakes in. There will always be new areas of experience where we have no guidelines and where we’ll handle things badly, overreact, get it wrong. And the more flexible we are, the more adventurous, the more life-embracing, then the more new avenues there will be to explore — and make mistakes in, of course. If you get a lot of your mistakes over and done with early on in life, there will be less to learn the hard way later on –попозже, позднее. And that’s what youth is all about: a chance to make all the mistakes you can and get them out of the way.

If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.Something that is intact is complete and has not been damaged or changed.    Most of the cargo –груз— was left intact after the explosion…Something or someone that is flexible is able to change easily and adapt to different conditions and circumstances as they occur —случаются.If you get over an unpleasant or unhappy experience or an illness, you recover from it.   It took me a very long time to get over the shock of her death. If you get over a problem or difficulty, you overcome it. How would they get over that problem?If you overcome a problem or a feeling, you successfully deal with it and control it.    Molly had fought and overcome her fear of flying…