Teenagers Think – And Ponder!

“What were you thinking?” is often on the mind of parents of teenagers, puzzled by the behavior and antics of their adolescents.

Mark Twain said it best: “God removes the brain of a 15 year-old and doesn’t return it until they are 25.”

The hormones (yes for boys as well as girls) flushing through their bodies, all the physical changes, create a very confusing scenario.

When my Aunt and Uncle would take their daughter to compete in night-time horse shows, I would elect to stay home and sit on the back porch.

I would listen to the crickets, frogs, katydids, and especially the whippoorwills.

I would think and think and think, trying to sort out whatever teenagers think about.

As I would be thinking the mist would rise from the field behind our house.

I would see it form just above the ground; then it would slowly, slowly, slowly inch higher and higher.

This is on a par with watching grass grow, but I enjoyed the peace, quiet and opportunity to be alone with Nature.

In many ways, Nature can be a great teacher, at any age!