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Youth explained

Youth explained

A friend of mine recently went for a mammogram. The doctors found a minor growth and my friend very soon had it removed. In a mail to me she said that she enjoyed being her age and that she had no regrets. She did mention though that she missed one thing of youth, and that was having lots of energy. That made me wonder - how long does youth really last?

The Oxford Dictionary explains youth as "the time of life when a person is young, especially the time before a child becomes an adult". First, what is young? Again I converse with the dictionary which describes it as someone who has not been living long. Okay, that I understand and I have to settle with the idea that I've been part of this life already 45 years; so I am not young anymore. But, I don't feel old!! Why do I need to be restricted by a word from a dictionary? There are people younger than me - that is now in terms of the dictionary - who actually live like very old people! So, let me try the definition of "adult". It is described as "a person who is fully grown and responsible for his actions". Again, according to the dictionary I am old. This is very difficult for me to accept...I still want to be young. In my mind and my soul I believe that I am still young - still part of the youth, but two definitions from the dictionary proof the opposite.

As a child, I saw anyone older than 20 as adults. In my youth I saw people older than 40 as old; so that means again that I'm old; but now I look at people who are already in their 80s and they still live as if they were young. So, does it mean that after a certain age you get younger again? Is it possible to stay young, or maybe go through the stage of youth again?

Maybe youth should be defined as a stage of life where one lives with the energy of a young person. Then I can be young again...and my friend too - on the condition that she does something about her energy level. Wouldn't it be just wonderful if youth could be measured according to someone's energy level? That would drastically reduce the number of old aged people globally and we would experience a growth in the numbers of youth.