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why do the young seem fearless? why do the young appear to have a sense of invincibility?

It's because, when you're young, everything hurts so much. It all matters so much. Everything is life or death with no hope of recovery or a loophole. We are completely in tune with our mortality but, instead of frightening us, it also fuels our passions and weaknesses. It is who we are. We know that we must do what matters even if it matters only to us and only for a moment becasue to do otherwise is to waste our lives waiting. Waiting for something that cannot exist unless we stop waiting and create it.

Those who question us are those who are still waiting. Youth is only wasted on the young by the elders we obey when our hearts cry out to run and live. We cannot wait. We will grow old and lose our chances. Every moment we live is a measure the swan songs of our deaths.

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[earlymorning.junetwentieth.twothousandandten.commonera]