wasted youth

Today a mate of mine brought to my attention George Bernard Shaw’s quote “Youth is wasted on the young”. I imagine GBS was reflecting on what he might’ve done better or differently when he was young, and wished it had been possible to combine earnt experience with his former youthful vigour.

I understand that. I had a short youth myself - I was a late developer and an early balder. The golden years are over too quickly. Once, I was a god!

But wha….? what is youth again? is it a prescribed period of hormonally induced vitality, or is it a state of mind?

I believe it was Aristotle who said we “mind-fuck” ourselves into believing we are old, in the same way we tell ourselves we have “grown-up” when we have the trifecta of slavery: Mortgage, marriage and kids. (ok it may not have been Aristotle)

Hey, provided you’ve still got your marbles and you can swim a length or give one, then youth is a state of mind! So get out there and show its not just the young that can get wasted!