Age Or Experience

 We've forgotten to relate things and to understand the connections.

I've heard some people saying experiences make you mature, while other say it is the age that makes you mature.

Who's right and who's wrong?

Can both the statements be true?

For me, yes both can be true. Things can be interconnected.

Situations in life comes by the will of Allah, according to the personality, instincts and surroundings of a person.So, the life you experience does teach you lessons in a very personalised manner. 

But age provides you with the comprehension skills. With age you gain more knowledge which in result increase your comprehension.

When we were kids, we experienced a lot of things but didn't understand any.

With age, you start evaluating and analysing things. And that is why a lot of things we understand way after we experience it.

Moreover,

You experience what? you experience your life and your life is measured by your age.

The more you age the more you experience the life.

With each passing year there is an addition to your collection of experiences.

The problem occurs when we compare our lives, our experiences and our learnings to others. 

'He/She is way elder than me still not able to understand this simple thing.'

'You are living with your parents with so much ease. I've lived alone for years. So, I'm the mature one here.'

See, this is the problem.

A mature person would not be comparing things. This much population of people cannot understand a same thing, at same age, at same time, and at same place.

There would  always be some things that you will understand better than others and vice versa.

So,

Maturity comes with age, knowledge and experiences and not by comparing your life with others.

~@muslimavh