Fearing Life More Than Death...

It's a strange thing, this thing I've discovered. The young, old person. With all of the aches and pains that the years have brought,the struggle, the weight of the world bearing down, but none of the wisdom. We're mostly just as foolish as we once were, even more so at times. These elder younglings tend to feel aged. and tired after only a few years out of school.

The worst thing of all is that this scares them into thinking that they're too old for everything. Too old to live. The easiest thing to do is to imagine that you've missed the train and the window of opportunity and that greatness can no longer be expected of you. No need to try anymore, right?
I find myself in this same position. Stifling my own hopes and dreams in lieu of coasting through, knowing that I'm just too old to think about getting some of these awesome places. Even when those opportunities came knocking at my door. They tell you to try and do so many things when you're still young, but never tell how old young is. I see people a bit older than me, 28, 29 years old talking about all the things they're too old to do now like climbing that mountain, or starting that adventure. But what really happens is that they stay in that place until they're actually too old and wonder why they never made that change.
It seems like the thing that many people are afraid of most is not being to old for something, but being too young to cop out. Too young to quit. So many of us enter adulthood and life hands us our first ass whipping and suddenly the lone, roaming wolf turns into the scared house cat. We all need work on getting over that fear that we have. Not a fear of death, but a fear of life.