Dear friends,
you must remember this , never too old to learn. Nobody ever said learning has age limit. It is wrong and such a nonsense statement . Are you trying to say , a 60-years-old man can't further his studies ? So you think , it is a compulsory to complete course at the age between 20s ? If you thought so , may I say , you're a narrow-minded person.
This is what we called "closed-minded person." They didn't want to think deeper and they chose not to embrace themselves with other opinions , as if it would harm them and their beliefs( if it's related with spiritual or faith or religion). This is wrong. Sure, too open minded can be dangerous and quite risky , if you're stating something that may against their beliefs. Anyway , what I tried to say is , why you're mocking old people if they wanted to further their studies ? Hey hey, never too old to learn-lah buddy ! As Imam Shafi quoted ;
Imam Shafi(RH):
"All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds; and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere; and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry."
I agreed, because how can you live without knowledge ? Yes , there are few of us can't even read , for them may poor , but that doesn't mean you cannot learn . Everyone can . World has mind-blowing technologies , smart phones , internet , and what else ? Yes , an Ipad. It is truly magnificent technology made by humans. It proven God indeed is Powerful and All-Mighty. He gave us a precious thing called ''mind.'' Don't be shy to gain knowledge. If so , how can you be wise ? Maybe not in academic , but rather about the world itself. Try . TRY. Don't being too timid . Don't day dreaming too much , as much as I did before . Haha , trust me , day dreaming did helped me failed at doing certain things.
Ask an experienced people , then listen to their advice . My suggestions are ; whether you ask your parents , or you ask someone's who has experienced in lots of things ; perhaps a professor, but yeah , I think I'd rather ask my parents , because they are the closest I can get.
One more thing , always being patient , although you are in a state of worry or downs of the life, don't take it as a hinder of the progress to achieve success.
I hope you do take it seriously . People nowadays aren't very aware of this , wish could do something to help us out from ignorance.
