Comments on: Fouteen-Years-Old http://chrisabraham.com/2005/04/01/fouteen-years-old/ Because the Medium is the Message Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:48:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: nam lamore http://chrisabraham.com/2005/04/01/fouteen-years-old/#comment-108 nam lamore Fri, 01 Apr 2005 15:33:07 +0000 http://chrisabraham.com/2005/04/01/fouteen-years-old/#comment-108 <p>i agree and, yet, disagree with you .. 14 is the age of exploration of one's body. it's the age when both the body and the mind/spirt are undergoing great changes. for the body, this is simply an anatomical change (yes, that means getting used to shaving, for instance), but for the mind, it is a much deeper change .. it is a chance to figure who you may be, and how you may fit in the world. yes, i believe that at the age of 14, you can start to define yourself.<p> but i suppose if mary was married-off to joseph at, way was it, 13 or 14, then we're all gonna have to wait until there's an absolute cut of the umbilical cord between church and state. <p> <i>"We know what we are, but know not what we may become."</i> - William Shakespeare -</p></p></p> i agree and, yet, disagree with you .. 14 is the age of exploration of one’s body. it’s the age when both the body and the mind/spirt are undergoing great changes. for the body, this is simply an anatomical change (yes, that means getting used to shaving, for instance), but for the mind, it is a much deeper change .. it is a chance to figure who you may be, and how you may fit in the world. yes, i believe that at the age of 14, you can start to define yourself.

but i suppose if mary was married-off to joseph at, way was it, 13 or 14, then we’re all gonna have to wait until there’s an absolute cut of the umbilical cord between church and state.

“We know what we are, but know not what we may become.” - William Shakespeare -

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