No wise man ever wished to be younger.
The first thing I thought about after reading this epigram was what my grandmother advised me at my sisters graduation in response to me stating that I wish it were my senior year. "Don't wish your life away, it picks up speed and when you get to be older you find yourself running to keep up with it." In the few years since I find myself discovering what she meant. Life moves fast. I find there are aspects of my childhood (teen years too as I near 18) I will always want to revisit. This feeling, I'm sure, exists in all of us to some degree. Who won't miss being a careless teenager or the simplicity of youth? There is foolishness in searching for the fountain of youth but I believe accepting the benefits of being young is wise. To Swift I say this-
No wise man ever wished to be older.
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