I'm 22 and I can see that my life seems to be broken into "chapters". The part of live I am living in will end and a new one will pick up. I believe this is perpetual in life. Chances are it will always be this way. The thing is... When I was 12 I thought "this is okay, but man being 7 was cool. So much easier". At 16 I thought it was aight but man, 12 was the days. At 18 I thought "I dig this, but man I didn't realize how nice it was to be 16"... and now I am thinking "22 is coo', but being 18 had such a charm to it and I totally missed it when I was living it".. hell I bet at one time I was 2 years thinking "this shit is neat but so complicated. Being a fetus was so awesome" Will it always be like this? Will I someday look back and think 22 was "the fucking days"? Then will I look back and find I failed to realize how awesome 30 was, then 40 and 50? If I grow old, am I going to die with bittersweet memories about times I somewhat took for granted and times that seem like they came and went way too fast? Will I look back at every part of my life and think "that was it.. such solid times"? I think I will, and I am not sure how I feel about that
I'm only 22, but I just want to add that I've always broke my life down into chapters as well... It's the opposite for me though....The older I get the more I enjoy life
I'm pretty sure it continues. Don't you hear adults telling you how much easier life was as a youngin'? Sorry man, but I think it stays like that.
[quote name='"BA"']I'm only 22, but I just want to add that I've always broke my life down into chapters as well... It's the opposite for me though....The older I get the more I enjoy life[/quote] Word. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy life as I age too... but I always look back and feel like there was an element to that part of life that I totally overlooked. I felt it without realizing I was. I wouldn't say I enjoy life less though... probably about the same, give or take a bit
Life is what it is, just enjoy every experience and be filled with love and you won't regret anything. Moral of the story: Being a kid was the best.
Me too, the older I get the easier life is. Don't get me wrong I had a blast thru all of those chapters, in fact as I look back I honestly can say I wouldn't change any of it. Even though I had some difficult times the lessons I learned seemed to stay with me and help me later. Best all around advice I would give is to keep an open mind and resist the temptation to do something that may come back to haunt you someday...
No one is comprised of one person, everyone is made up of a collection a "selves" and in times of need we draw upon the collective experiences of all of those selves to solve a problem, im only 24 which is probably younger then most here but I learned this early. everyone has a young kid, a pubescent kid, a young adult, an adult, a middle ages person an old person inside them and we draw upon all these experiences to solve our problems.