This is just 'wisdom' in a different wrapper. Some folks have a knack for acquiring wisdom with age - some don't. It's not a matter of articles - I'd say it's

This is just 'wisdom' in a different wrapper. Some folks have a knack for acquiring wisdom with age - some don't. It's not a matter of articles - I'd say it's mostly a matter of personality. Some are curious and want to see how things work - others only want to know how to get that specific thing they want, come upon a stumbling block, rationalize it as 'outside of my control' and spend the rest of their days in complain-mode :) I'd say the ratio of philosopher vs complainer is maybe 50-1? If not 100-1. Either way, they're rare birds, them folks who seek wisdom it seems.