They say that youth is wasted on the young but it’s closer to truth to admit that youth is sacrificed by the middle aged on the alters of denial, acceptance and ultimately regret. We blame the “real” world, not for the process of aging, but for the backhand slap of “rationality” played out as a life and death scenario engaging us in a tussle of stamina against whatever forces all preceding generations came up against when they hit thirty. History has shown that those forces have not been defeated and lie in wait for us. Although we have never seen them, we experience them on cue — as a self-fulfilling prophecy — because thought creates reality, not the other way around. Reverse the curse. Tie yourself to the imagination of youth and hang on for the ride of the rest of your life.
