The fountain of Youth...

... While reading through this book from the point of view of an old dying man, it really made me realize how precious our age and young lives are. A qoute from the book on page 115 says, " Remembering my youth makes me aware that I never really had enough of it, it was over before I was done with it." John Ames is reflecting upon his years as his death is pending, and realizes that all too many of us are trying to grow up too fast. We get cell phones in 3rd grade to try to look like the ' big kids'. Elementary shcoolers can't wait 'till they can see their first PG-13 movie. Even highschoolers beg to be older by challenging ourselves with AP and Enriched classes, hopeing we can expand our minds to that of college students. I's amazing how much we rush through our lives as we know them, just waiting for the next step, but never really reveling in our current age. People always say to " enjoy it while you can", but I feel that all too often I'm loaded down with homework, extra curriculars, and voluteer work... all just to get into a good college. Then when I get into college I'll be working to get a good job, and in my job I'll be working hard for a better one. It's our society's vicious cycle of improvement, but guess it takes a good balance of personal time and shcool time to be able to fully enjoy or current life, while still planning for the future.