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Have you ever heard the old adage ?Wisdom comes with age?? In the past five years I have come to embrace that saying as the truth. I attribute my current position to my progression from young adulthood to the beginnings of middle age. When I was young, which is to say under the age of thirty-five, it was a rare occurrence for me to come across an individual that planned for greater than a week in the future. ?Carpe Diem!? was the creed by which many of us lived our lives. Now, I carefully weigh most of the decisions I encounter with a greater degree of scrutiny. How a choice will impact my family, our futures, or me is my primary concern when faced with an issue of any significance. My attitudes have changed over the past five years, but it is a natural transition that each of us have or will encounter. When I was a young boy my parents taught me to show respect for my elders. To this day, whenever I am addressing someone older than me, it is routine for me to address t