It usually comes from a whole lot of different kinds of suffering in one's life. If one is lucky enough to survive all the things that happen to you that both you caused and others caused and the weather caused and you name it then one might live to be old.
It always surprised me because often I though of others as stronger than I but mostly what I realized is that they were not stronger than me. Mostly it was that they hadn't suffered like I already had by age 2 and from 10 to 15 years old. I think my whole personality would have been different had I not suffered as a child. But, suffering often can bring kindness because you don't want your friends and relatives or children to suffer what you already did so you protect them in any way that you can.
So, as we move from suffering to kindness to hopefully wisdom in our lives it's important to notice who is ready for our wisdom. And if they listen carefully they just might not die before 20 or 30 just like all the wise ones almost did too.
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