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– So You Turned A Year Older 

Sometimes you run across a little-known item and remark, “Mmm, I found me a small pearl.” You take something away with you the same as you would place a valued business card in a shirt’s pocket on the heart’s side. This compact book has a series that was once featured on the Product of Culture (POCbooks.com) website; albeit, there some extra goodies to place in the pocket of your mind.

Though I enjoy writing a good story for young adults to entertain and teach something through the use of the fiction genre, it was time also to write this nonfiction book. Hence, this compact book has information that most humans have to consider at one point in our lives.

So it is in Life

When a teenager turns 18, they are considered adults in some lands. It is an age so many look to with anticipation, yes, to make their mark on the world! By the age of 21, surely we know all there is to know about life; right? Granted, the environment a person lives in does affect an individual. At thirteen some have seen so much, experienced so much, that they had to grow up fast.

There is a saying:

It is not the year of the car but the mileage.

Example: You buy a brand new car for the year 2015. It has zero mileage showing on the car’s odometer.

Your neighbor has a 1968 Classic Sting Ray with 10,000 miles showing on the odometer. In one year, you drive the 2015 model all over the place. All through the rain, snow storms and the hot desert you drove the vehicle. Good thing you kept up with the regular car maintenance. By the end of the year, 20,000 miles are placed on the car.

Your neighbor’s 1968 Sting Ray only has 10, 400 miles on it due to sitting in a garage. After all, it is a classic. The owner drives it on Sundays or to special events. No long distance driving for this car. In one year, the 2015 model needed more oil changes than the Sting Ray. Why? The 2015 model is used to drive in all weather conditions. It experiences much harsher treatment than the Sting Ray sitting in a garage. Though the 2015 car is newer, at the rate mentioned above, it will age a lot quicker than the Sting Ray. So it is in life. An individual can be young in age but experiences cause him or her to feel and be a lot older. Do you agree?

This book will address subjects all can continue to grow in whether we are 18 or any age. You may be younger or older but does anyone know it all? Have we considered everything that will help us to grow even further? With the above paragraph in mind, these are coffee and dinner type conversations you may have with Grandma and Grandpa. Enjoy the information in this book for what it is designed to be. What is that? So nice of you to ask. It is designed to be a conversation piece for reflection and enjoyment.

In this book, you will read reports and illustrations. The contents of each chapter will involve straightforward statements, and often rhetorical responses you are fully equipped to make with that marvelous brain of yours. The articles will at times acknowledge outlooks on culture, language, relationships, and what affects all of us.

So it is in life. An individual can be young in age but experiences cause him or her to feel and be a lot older. Do you agree? If you do, then by all means turn the page! - James

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