I went to Chinaren Alumni web site on the other day and spent a little time to look into the pages of my uni and high schools. Every place has less visitors from time to time. By reading the comments left by my past classmates, I tried to remember the faces I used to familiar with, some of which are still clear pictures in my head while some others can only be recalled vaguely.
Everytime when I delt with the memories of past, I just couldn't help but be amazed by how much we have changed in years, physically and psychologically. We were childish, naive, simple and even foolish, but what are we now?
Age has always become a sensitive topic since you've grown up. It seems you should not be too surprised these days if you hear someone's worries of getting old when they're reaching 23. Everyone wants to stay young, who doesn't? However, instead of worrying about my age, I prefer to spend more time to learn how to live and how to appreciate living, as I always believe you can be charming at any age if you choose to. Being 18 seems always to attract jealousy as they have endless energy, beautiful skins, time for doing things with no good reasons and so on. But in the meantime, they also don't know when good things come along and don't know how to treasure and appreciate until too late.
In China, we always say God is fair. He places virtue as well as regret on everything including age. You might be able to remove the wrinkles on your face with a successful surgery, but you can't ignore the expressions your eyes deliver, which are filled with the experience and understanding of the life you've been through.
In a word, I always want to say, instead of worrying in front of mirror, let's spend more time to embrace our life because it's unique at each moment we live.
First posted at 30 June 2005
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