I agree with all of the above posts about growing older. I remember being young and everything seemed to take forever...end of the school year and onto summer break, Xmas and, of course, birthdays...16 and I can get my beginners driver license...19 and I can legally have a beer...etc. Now the time seems to fly by...just celebrated a birthday and another is already here? You look back, and 50+ years have passed in the blink of an eye. You feel the same inside. Often want to do the same things, but your body won't cooperate, or you pay a heavy price (much longer recovery time if I drink too much).
The cliche about "youth being wasted on the young" is 100% true...we know so much more now. We would know not to squander the invincibility of "endless" youth. We would cherish it, openly appreciate our parents (mine have long passed). We would revel in the sunshine and freedom from the pain of sore muscles, and the burden of real responsibility, and of not being old enough to accumulate those regrets we now rue, or mistakes we've made...unwanted souvenirs from living the years that have passed.
I agree with all of the above posts about growing older...I feel the exact same...but it sure beats the alternative.
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