Is youth wasted on the young?
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Highlander is semi-retired from AB
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In hindsight, it probably is. I have found, a lot of the time, young people spend their youth trying to speed up the process of becoming an adult. And most don't really appreciate youth until they no longer have it.
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yep if i knew then what i do now i would be a happy chappy
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We've all had youth at some point of time..."Use it wisely my son."
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Better us than the old.
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Nah, just the energy of youth. If anyone out there has extra energy and vigor, send it to me, I will gladly give you points redeemable in another dimension.
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I am not too young, but when I was young I wasted so much time on trivial things. I think as you get older you appreciate yourself and your actions more. My actions definately became wiser with age.
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So the young can come.
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Totally agree
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Disagree. The whole point of being young, is that it is a transient phase of innocence, carelessness, and fun...if kids were made to pick apart and plan all of their daily activities the way adults do, that would defeat its very purpose.
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No. That's just jealous old people talking.
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Disagree. Even though i wish i knew what i know now five years ago, and I am sure to regret not knowing what I'll discover in the next ten, being young is being stupid. I cant think of a more forgiving physical condition to be stupid in than youth. If the old had the youth of the young, I'd say that be a waste. It be like having a smoking fast sport car but being to cautious to ever drive it past 30mph.
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disagree. the whole point of being young is not quite understanding what it MEANS to be young. you cant fathom old age versus being young because you've never been old, young is all you know. and therein lies the beauty of your stupid actions and the things you do.
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I must wholeheartedly agree. The idea may go back thousands of years, but the quotation goes back to George Bernard Shaw, or so everyone believes. (I have been unable to determine in which play it is found.) Another Shavian way of saying it is "Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children." Shaw liked to be paradoxical and contrary, and the paradox here is obvious. From middle age onward we observe the energy, strength and enthusiasm of young people and think, "What I could do with those. Now that I have some wisdom and maturity, I could put those qualities to good use and make something of them, rather than squandering them in childish carelessness." The paradox is, of course, that if we were allowed to be youths once again we would do exactly what we did then, and squander our youth (as it seems now) just as we did then. Of course, Shaw knew perfectly well the inherent fallacies of this and other of his dicta, but I think he enjoyed turning a phrase based on the painful contradictions of life.
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I disagree.The young are learning and this is time necessary for the development of good adults.
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I disagree. Nothing is ever wasted. we sometimes feel the youth are wasting their life but every experience teaches us something which holds us good in life. Youth is a time the young test themselves. They push their limits and learn their boundaries its a lesson which holds them good in life. Its a learning ground not a waste.
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I assume this was coined by one of the millions of people who worship youth. I am not one of them. To have an old mind in a young body is ludicrous. You are experienced, you know better so you don't risk things. Youth is for taking risks..why? Because you have no fear..you believe you are invincible. When you are older, you know better. It makes no sense. Youth is not wasted on the young..youth belongs to the young. Experience and possible wisdom is the purview of those who are older.:)
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no youth cannot be enjoyed with an adult brain.
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Not really, because an adult acting like a youth would look like an immature child. It's called youth for a reason. Even though I am young, I have made really mind-numbingly stupid decisions; and probably will make a few more, but one thing I do look forward too, is moving on and growing out of that to become smarter and get the good things that come with being older.
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No,everyone must go though the stages of life from infant to the very wise.... There are many layers in between and every person must experience them to to grow into the person they are meant to be, yes you are going to make mistakes, and hopeful you learn from them and go on to be a better person because of it,are some of them going to be painful OH yes, but some of them will be just as joyful too.
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Well, in a way, yes. They spend the time looking for the wrong thing. Instead of being interested in learning and growing and becoming they are driven by testosterone/hormonse and a "gotta have a boy/girlfriend" (peer pressure???) drive." If they realized how fast their youth will be gone and how much time they have later I think that possibly they would be a little more patient.
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YES. I'm not even 30 yet and looking back I wish that I could do so many things differently because when you're little you have so much TIME to do whatever you want to. And school is fun! But kids don't appreciate it until they get old and look back and wish that they could do it all over again. Like nap time ... little kids hate nap time. Grown ups? LOVES IT.
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