Become young

What is youth? At what age are we supposed to be young? These are highly philosophical and subjective questions.

“Youth is a talent, it takes years to acquire it”.

This quote is not from me but from a writer I love very much, namely Amélie Nothomb.

I want to share my take on this issue with you.

I have the immense chance to be around older, more mature people. They teach me a lot. THANKS to them.

I have the strange feeling that our elders knew how to live better than our generation. They have this art of living and celebrating, of sharing.

It is the art of breaking free from social conventions, from external pressure. It is the art of being able to think, to express yourself as you want to, to assert yourself and no longer waste time on trivial things by focusing on things vital and important to you. We live better by going straight to the point, by setting our own priorities. It is important to follow your heart, your deepest aspirations, your instinct.

It is also the art of knowing yourself perfectly, knowing precisely what you want and what you don’t or more. It is the art of saying what you think without any veil, it is the freedom to act and do what you want without being afraid of the judgment of others. To hell with what will we say! It’s a “young old man” thing.