Love that last stanza, Hasse. Also this: "anything might come and go."
One thing we've truly lost as a culture is understanding how to see the world from the perspective of those who are older than us. I don't think too many kids at universities realize at the time that all of their experiences there become anecdotal as time passes beyond graduation. Not that they don't matter of course; just that in hindsight, university days are often seen as a small chapter in their lives and not the main story. It's very hard to understand this at the time, I think.
I guess the more moments you experience, the less biased you become toward the one you're currently in.
And regarding our culture not being able to see the perspective of ones older than us, that might be. Speaking of greatest fears, someone suggested that the greatest fear of millennials growing up was getting fat, and the greatest fear of the more recent generation is getting old. And speaking of flowers that come and go, well, that is youth. So, I don't know what's going to happen when that fear eventually has to collide with the inevitable.
This person’s greatest love was “my friends.”
Their greatest fear was “life after university.”
I guess one thing that can be said about life after university is that it may change the landscape of friends a person has.
Some will stay, some might vanish, and some may be somewhere in between.
Love that last stanza, Hasse. Also this: "anything might come and go."
One thing we've truly lost as a culture is understanding how to see the world from the perspective of those who are older than us. I don't think too many kids at universities realize at the time that all of their experiences there become anecdotal as time passes beyond graduation. Not that they don't matter of course; just that in hindsight, university days are often seen as a small chapter in their lives and not the main story. It's very hard to understand this at the time, I think.
Thanks, James!
I guess the more moments you experience, the less biased you become toward the one you're currently in.
And regarding our culture not being able to see the perspective of ones older than us, that might be. Speaking of greatest fears, someone suggested that the greatest fear of millennials growing up was getting fat, and the greatest fear of the more recent generation is getting old. And speaking of flowers that come and go, well, that is youth. So, I don't know what's going to happen when that fear eventually has to collide with the inevitable.
As my father-in-law was fond of saying, getting old sucks but it beats the alternative.
Exactly!