People often complain about seing themselves becoming older too quickly. But
does that mean that they are enjoying their lives less than they did before? Personally,
I rather disagree with this statement. It would probably be more accurate to
say that every time of a person’s life is worth being lived and enjoyed.
There is no denying that young people have far less responsibilities with, for
instance, family and work. Thus, they can spend more time on their hobbies than
people who are working all day long and who have to care about their children at
night when they come home. But one cannot overlook that having a family to care
about can be considered as a satisfying pleasure in itself. Besides, many people
find fullfillment in their work and enjoy spending most of their time on it.
Moreover, it is customary to say that older people tend to have more health problems
than teenagers or students do. However, it is well worth noticing that this assertion
cannot be taken as a general rule, as also many young people develop painfull
illnesses. A striking example of a disease which tends to affect more and more teenagers
is back ache, because they are sitting for too long periods of time and doing
too little sport to compensate. Consequently, the argument supporting that good
health makes life more enjoyable when you are young may be called into question.
In addition to that, one should not forget that today’s teenagers are expected to
take important decisions about their future at an early age, and that they have to
cope with heavy responsibilities even before getting their first school degree. As
it becomes more and more difficult to find a job these days, young people have to
worry about what to study and they even often have to fix priorities according to
what the job market offers, and not according to their personal preferences.
Last but not least, one cannot forget that after working hard for long years, people
retire and are then given the chance to concentrate on their centers of interest
and hobbies again. Up to a certain point, when taking into account the arguments
of the previous paragraph concerning the early responsibilities teenagers have to
assume, pensioners are even more free to enjoy their lives without thinking of potential
problems of the future.
To put it in a nutshell, that all amounts to saying that there is no period of time in
a person’s life which is more prone to hapiness than the others. People only have
to learn to make the best of every situation and of what they have. . . even if it is
easier said than done!
People
often
complain about
seing
themselves becoming older too
quickly
.
But
does that mean that they are enjoying their
lives
less than they did
before
?
Personally
,
I
rather
disagree with this statement. It would
probably
be more accurate to
say that every
time
of a person’s life is worth being
lived
and enjoyed.
There is no denying that
young
people
have far
less
responsibilities with, for
instance, family and work.
Thus
, they can spend more
time
on their hobbies than
people
who are working all day long and who
have to
care about their children at
night when they
come
home.
But
one cannot overlook that having a family to care
about can
be considered
as a satisfying pleasure in itself.
Besides
,
many
people
find
fullfillment
in their work and enjoy spending most of their
time
on it.
Moreover
, it is customary to say that older
people
tend to have more health problems
than
teenagers
or students do.
However
, it is well worth noticing that this assertion
cannot
be taken
as a general
rule
, as
also
many
young
people
develop
painfull
illnesses. A striking example of a disease which tends to
affect
more and more
teenagers
is back
ache
,
because
they are sitting for too long periods of
time
and doing
too
little
sport to compensate.
Consequently
, the argument supporting that
good
health
makes
life more enjoyable when you are
young
may
be called
into question.
In addition
to that, one should not forget that
today
’s
teenagers
are
expected
to
take
important
decisions about their future at an early age, and that they
have to
cope with heavy responsibilities even
before
getting their
first
school degree. As
it becomes more and more difficult to find a job these days,
young
people
have to
worry about what to
study and
they even
often
have to
fix
priorities according to
what the job market offers, and not according to their personal preferences.
Last
but
not least, one cannot forget that after working
hard
for long years,
people
retire and are then
given
the chance to concentrate on their centers of interest
and hobbies again. Up to a certain point, when taking into account the arguments
of the previous paragraph concerning the early responsibilities
teenagers
have to
assume, pensioners are even more free to enjoy their
lives
without thinking of potential
problems of the future.
To put it in a nutshell, that all amounts to saying that there is no period of
time
in
a person’s life which is more prone to
hapiness
than the others.
People
only
have
to learn to
make
the best of every situation and of what they have.
.
.
even
if it is
easier said than done!