My life in an upturned boat, marooned on a cliff.

When I see children on the streets, be it a 3 year old toddler or a bunch of primary/secondary school kids, I can't help but think, "wow little one, you still have so much of your youth left..." and then feel so envious of them.

Truly, one of man's greatest phase of life is probably growing up, not when he's in the evolving-into-an-adult stage but rather his golden teen years.

If scientists could one day perfect a Peter Pan potion formula, I'm guessing hoards of them would be snapped up immediately by those who have grown weary of their aged, adult lives.

It's really scary to grow old. Much of your life would revolve around work and raising kids. Whatever activities that you've partaken as a little human would no longer be seen acceptable by society if you continue to pursue them as a grown-up. People would slap labels such as "childish", "shameless" onto you.

And then there's the constant worry of having enough money. "Should I clock in more overtime?", "Invest in bonds or stocks or should I just dump all my money into a fixed deposit account?", "After all, I do have to pay the bills and taxes and pay off the mortgage", "How am I ever gonna build up a substantial nest of cash to send little Bob and Mary to school?".

The future does look very bleak.

So kids, just do whatever you want right now. (except drugs, DON'T DO DRUGS!!!)

You'll never know if you would still have the chance to engage in them in the time to come.


[Combined UG Camp @ Perak, 28 October 2011]