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2004-12-20 - 4:16 p.m. on youth and aging in recent days I found inspiration to think about youth and aging here and I left a few rather long notes there... since I actually pondered a bit (used the brain with purpose as opposed to just rambling on without pre-determined conscious direction as I usually do in my entries), I figured I'd share my thoughts on the subject here by sharing the notes her wise soul inspired... it is not always easy, when wanting to respond, to come up with a worthwhile comment when reading words that are so agreeable (which inspires a grin, but I look for a comment other than "yes" from me anyway)... I suppose, in afterthought (or follow up) that expectations play a large role in the feeling of aging... while anticipation can be a very stimulating experience, too many expectations are bound to lead to disappointment... maybe it's fear of failure or embarrassment or something else, but it seems a common habit to run through something over and over in one's mind, imagining the possibilities, exploring hopes, preparing for potential problems, before attempting it... all the mental preparation can lead to unreasonable or narrow expectations that diminish the experience itself... as challenging as it may be for some, I believe that letting go of any preconceptions and preparations and entering an experience with as open a mind as possible is the best way to experience anything new... I do not mean to completely abandon caution or to ignore the potential for obvious physical dangers, but I do mean to avoid pre-thinking through an experience and let go of what we want an experience to be as much as possible... with each passing year more and more information is stored up there between our ears (and perhaps in other parts of our body too)... the temptation to feel we already did something or already know how something will turn out is great, for it is comforting to know stuff (I think that is why, as a species, we define the unknown so much through belief systems and philosophies)... the potential trouble is crossing the line between assuption and fact and substituting one for the other... to put it annother way, we defeat the purpose of living when we believe we have enough information in our heads to close our minds to new ideas and perspectives... that, the closing of the mind, is probably my first definition for what we call being old... when growth slows, maybe even stops, death settles in... and unfortunately I've discovered that one does not have to stop breathing to be dead... I believe the optimal life is the experience of learning and growing and sharing openly, honestly... aging is allowing doors to close that do not need to close, pretending there are limits where there are none, and shutting down the abilities to perceive, learn, and share knowledge and feeling... youth is a state of mind, but more, being young is following through on that state of mind... doing things that continue to stimulate the desire to learn and grow and remaining open to the possibilities that life offers... may you find a secure balance within yourself that allows you to do this always...
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