On that I agree a lot. Most people are healthy when young, but they are afraid of getting sick, or of doing something that might hurt them, cripple them, or kill them. I knew a lot of people like that especially between the age of 18 and 25, I never could understand the fear people, some friends had of doing something.
I had sever hypothermia as a kid, contracted on a long hike and camp excursion. I still loved to hike and camp even after that event, an individual that was on the same hike and camp outing let the fear destroy his joy of hiking and camping, because it could have been them the helicopter was picking up and not me. Stupid really but people are people.
I am glad for all the experiences I had growing up and as an adult. My health is certainly not what it used to be, but I do not let it interfere much with my life. I could see doctors, chase cures, see therapist, but in the I may be a tiny bit healthier, would I have anything to live on after paying off medical debt? What is 5 to 10 or 20 years more worth? How much healthier would I be?
As long as a person does not stop living there are always things to to do no matter ones health level, that make living still fun and enjoyable.
I personally remember that time quite differently. My friends and I all thought we were totally invincible. I cringe at all the things we did and either didn't get hurt or did get hurt but recovered immediately... I'd be so broken if I did any of those things now.
And you are a bit insane still ;D
Haha, no more insane than any parent who gets headbutted in the chin or jumped on when they're not expecting it.
That is why youth was/is so much fun, or used to be. Young and dumb out does old and knowledgeable a lot. Back then there was no real fear for a lot of people, now there are so many videos about the stupid things we did as kids and young adults that it seems a lot of them today just do not want to go out and have physical/dangerous/might get hurt fun.
I often wonder how many kids are climbing up on the roof and jumping off with a sheet as a parachute. Dragging a tricycle up to the top of a slide to see how far they would fly off the slide. Fun, for me it was, exciting for me it was, dangerous, well what's a few stitches in the chin, I survived, and was able to talk about it.
As a young adult things are kind of forgiven easily, as an older person doing the things a twenty something would do are kind of frowned upon by society and more harshly punished by society, and more punished by our bodies.
For me "MORTALITY" kicked in around 38, when I started being more careful and more choosy about my activities.
Yeah, I definitely noticed a big drop off on my reaction times in my mid-30s which makes it a lot harder to trust yourself not to get hurt... and the injuries take so much longer to heal.
It's such a different world now... we weren't allowed inside until dinner time. I have no idea how many hours I spent just doing stupid things in our backyard... but I guess the other side of that is I probably wasn't learning at the same incredible rate as kids with an iPad now.
I think there is some hope for the generation of kids from today's kids, they had parents that saw one extreme, and they had the other extreme, I wonder if it will balance out soon. Fun and learning.
You were medivac'd? That is cool! :D
I could see doctors, chase cures, see therapist, but in the I may be a tiny bit healthier, would I have anything to live on after paying off medical debt?
Exactly. I am not saying "don't be healthy" but do consider the value of chasing health.
It doesn't sound like a pleasant life to live long, but do little.
No it does not, that is why people need to find their own balance, just like in saving for retirement and not living for or providing for today. I do not look forward to ever living in a retirement type home, or spending the rest of my days bed-ridden in one, and or limited by what they allow me to do. I want to make my own choices, just as I have in the rest of my life, right or wrong, they are my choices to make.
My biggest fear of getting old is, losing the ability to make my own decisions. I find it interesting these days that people are willing to give up their ability in order to feel a little more secure in a world where there is no such thing as security.
I hope my mind holds on til the very end. Like you I can not fathom why so many people have given up on making their own choices. What good is life when you only get to live it another persons whim.