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Youth

Youth… It’s a funny little thing isn’t it? Youth, A time to do everything you’ll ever do without caring about the consequences, the jump in the lake you’re willing to take because you don’t even see a possibility of harm, that hill on your 10 speed you swear you can jump because Tommy did it before you on his BMX and yours is bigger and shiner and newer anyways… The first kiss you dared to go in for because it so purely innocent it was just meant to be, and that song you belted out during your talent show that got all the crowd jumping for joy even though you could barely sing… Yeah… those were the days. These are the things that we all did when we were younger because we had no fear and we didn’t know better or had anyone show us videos of possible disaster and failure.  While I am so thankful and happy I can say today I live a regret free life, it really got me thinking… can today’s youth really say the same?


Earlier today on a walk across 34th street, a passing bus advertisement caught my attention, a super skinny 13 year old in a sultry pose, styled to the max and I got to thinking, “Damn! When I was 13 I just started experimenting with tri color (aqua green, fuchsia and purple eye shadow if u can imagine) and my idea of looking really pretty for the cute boy I liked in school was teasing my hair and wearing 3 layers of those bunchy socks with clean Keds”. Better believe that I raced with the boys down the hills to jump in the Yaphank Lake via tire swing, fearless and confident, because hey, if the boys can do it, I can do it to… I played sports outside, and if I had issues inside of school that’s where it stayed. I didn’t have to worry about coming home and checking my Facebook page or twitter account to see if the daily occurrences were reported for all to see. I didn’t know what exactly I wanted to be when I grew up because there was no internet access for me to look up options. I didn’t get teased, poked and bullied on social media platforms and I certainly couldn’t go home and Google the answer to every one of life’s quandaries as I pleased.

And at the end of the day, for every accomplishment and life goal it’s the journey that’s the best part, it’s the funniest, the saddest, and the craziest parts, which eventually define, lift, shape and mold you into the person you’re destined to be.

So I think the real question here is - with having an all access pass to every bit of information and the “what-if’s” handed to them on a silver platter, won’t they be missing out on the really big “wow” of it all, a little thing called life experience? Will the fact that they are learning everything faster, harder, quicker really benefit them at all? Or will this generation short circuit with information overload by the time they hit their 40’s and we are left with a society of stressed, uninviting, undefinable people with undesirable social skills that know how to text, tweet and Facebook better than they know how to take their long faithful leaps in the short journey of life?  You tell me.

I will leave you with a picture of little ol’ me from my youth. Wasn’t I cute?

  1. girlscovet said: I couldn’t agree more. I’ll be 36 this year and I think that the “common sense” we learned how to do have escaped this generation. They don’t know how to write a check because you can pay bills on line or even how to sew on a button. Slow down!
  2. commonladybug said: well said, and great questions… only time will tell. But I wonder the same thing….
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