Take it from me, those 20 years go by faster than you'd like. The trick is to still feel like a kid whether you are 50 or 70 years old. It's not that hard to do if you don't let the math get you down.
I have no problem believing that
These last 15 went by like a blink of an eye.
We can't wait to be 18 and 21 as young adults... then, we can't slow it down and we can't get it back
To me the key is acceptance.
Either you accept that you are no longer in your youth and you find peace and realize that lots of things change, both good and bad
Or you don't accept and you live your life in resentment, fear and constantly trying to hang onto your youth, looking like a fool the whole way
Either way, agreed, it is a matter of perception, but what youngsters don't understand is that today you feel invincible, tomorrow you will contend with your outlook
Hard living in your youth does not help. Neither does watching your high-school buds and co-workers pass away as you keep trudging on....
Only reason I can expound a bit on this right now is because while I drove through the night last night, I gave it some serious thought.
Ironically, the Bible constantly speaks of youth, and then dying. A flower, blossoming, growing and then withering away and disappearing in the wind... funny ... how spirituality becomes an issue when you realize that you've really not done much with the precious time you had on this earth.... except maybe worried and stressed to death...
Definitely something worth talking about, especially when I work my one day a week in the convalescent home. These old folks, although they've lost a shitload of physical and mental capacity, they do have a lot of extremely valuable insight...
If you are just willing to listen... and apply what you've learned
But hey, that's probably just me... constant quest for inner peace. I hate turmoil. It's like a dog chasing its tail....
Long-winded. That's me. It's my M.O. ~
peace
