"They take their lives so seriously, these young people. Just appreciate the fact that you can stomp so energetically - I'd dance like a butterfly, bite into crisp green apples and run across hot sand into the surf, and I'd walk, as far as I wanted, wherever I wanted, in big loping, leaping strides, with my head held high and my lungs filling with air........"
This quote from a book I was reading about an old woman reflecting on the attitude of a young character and how if she could relive her life, she might not be so serious.....made me sad to read as I realize that when we are young we don't realize that one day we won't be able to do the things we so take for granted, quite so easily. All this as sometimes after a walk my feet ache, I
can't run far for knee pain, no dancing anymore like a butterfly........
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