A Little Older But a Lot Wiser Manifesto

1.       I laugh at the foolish who say the youthful scholars possess the intellectual advantage, for it is us, the “older” Elders who pursue triumph at our educational institutions.

2.       How dare the youth challenge the knowledge that the elder embraces as a mother embraces her newborn son?

3.       The youth seek leadership and direction, as they know not what path they have yet to choose. Removed is the suckled breast from the mouth of the Elder, he has found the light of guidance.

4.       Sit and know your place, open your ears, clamp your tongues, life has not yet even begun for you my young scholars. The Elders are the embodiment of the courage that filled David who slew Goliath with a stone and slingshot, the leadership of Moses to bring his people out of the oppressions of Egypt.

5.       The elders were once the youth but time waits for no man, so while you wallow in your infancy, we take the forefront, overstepping and sidestepping.  We are the tip of the spear that pierces the mind and brings forth creativity from the heart.

6.       Claimed as a dependent on your financial aids, independency runs through our veins as a result of many treacherous encounters. Knowing the lowest of lows and highest of highs, we speak not to be just heard, but to impart our experience and knowledge to listening ears.

7.       I say yet and still, accomplish and conquer while a youth for you may be the Elder writing this to the youth of your day.