But I'm Not 40 Yet

I was thinking about Rabbi Akiva, one of the greatest sages of Jewish history, because he started his Judaic learning late in life, at the age of 40. I found this great quote about Rabbi Akiva on Wikipedia... "He was an am ha'aretz (ignoramus) during his first forty years. During that period he used to say: 'O that I would find a Talmid Chacham (a scholar) and bite him like a donkey." Ouch!

At least one thing I've learned in the last six months has been to not bite my teachers. Good advice!