Rod says: "The recklessness of youth should also be savored."
LOL! Yep you are on to something here! My family will tell you about what kind of kid and teenager I was...I was the "good kid"...never drank or smoked or did drugs or got into trouble with boys. I was nearly always responsible and did my homework and duties. But I also did not know how to have fun either and I wasn't particularly healthy mentally because of my "goodness". People would think of me as a "little adult". I paid for it in my thirties. I still don't drink and smoke and do drugs but I don't tend to hold it up to others that I "am holier than thou". I tend to see that I missed out on my youth. I wasted it. I am not advocating distructive behaviors...just maybe a bit of balance. Be a kid when you are a kid...or a teen or young adult. As we have chanted in the morning..."Don't waste time"...be who you are right now...don't pretend to be an old man who has seen death quickly advancing towards him. Savor who you are and the moments that are yours to experience. When you are at the door of death you will know you lived as full a life as you could. Anjin ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Would you Help a Child in need? It is easier than you think. Click Here to meet a Child you can help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0Z9NuA/I_qJAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
