Wisely fooling around. Short Essay
What is the right time? When is it going to arrive? As far as I can think of, no one can ever answer that, generally speaking.
A wise man named Adam Grant once said, the mistakes we regret are not errors of commission, but errors of omission.
A friend of mine got married at 24, my patient got married at 35. Another patient got married at 14. One will bear children at the age of 19, another at 40. Both have risks and reward underneath the physical world I perceived. Do I have a say to judge their condition? About when is the right time to marry someone? Or maybe marrying another one? I don't think so.
I don't have the authority to say which one will fare better, case by case. Generally speaking, yes, the data is in. We can predict which risks to avoid and force behavior change through environmental modification. One of the hardest lessons I learned is this: statistics is irrelevant when you are being presented with a singular truth in front of you. You won't cite numbers, probabilities, or possibilities.
Sometimes all we can do is to be foolish: suck that tragedy and offer comfort. Yes, being kind could be foolish. Being ignorant could be foolish. Yet, both could also be wise at the same time.