Safe speeds

Say it isn't so—not the movie title but our inability to move through life at safe speeds. I know of a teacher who sometimes chastises students for not updating their knowledge to match their new cognitive stage of maturity. They have a third grade memory of a concept, but a body that is in a high school or college classroom. They need to upgrade their knowledge to high school or college level since their bodies are verification that they really are that age. As we pass from one decade of life to the next or as we progress from one experience of life to the next, I see people continue with an experience level or knowledge level that remains stuck or connected to an experience or knowledge base behind where they have been brought. We resist upgrading. Going to slow (lagging behind) and going to fast (acting ahead of experience) make us dangerous drivers through life. Just as the driving down roads in a car require our close attention to stay alive, so adaptability in life requires equal amounts of attention to drive at safe speeds so that we won't damage ourselves or those around us.