How
often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing
they were young again. Each age has its pleasure and its pains, and the
happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives hime without wasting
his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few
responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is
fed, looked after and loved, whetever he may do. It is improbable that he will ever again in his life be
given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is
always presenting new things to the child-things that have lost their interest
for older people because they are too well knwn. A child finds pleasure in rain, or in the snow. His first visit to the
seaside is a marvelous adventure. But a child has his pains: he is not so free
to do as he wishes as he thinks older people are: he is continuously being told
not to do things, or being punished for what he has done wrong. His life is
therefor not perfectly happy.
When the young man starts to earn his
own living, he becomes free from the discipline of school and parents; but at
the same time he is forced to accept pesponsibilities. He can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his
clothes, and his room, but has to work if wants to live comfortably. If he
spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he
will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the
laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to
prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health,
he can have the great happiness of seeing himself make stready progress in his
job and of building up for himself his own position in society.
Old age has always been thought of as
the worst age to be; but it is not necessary for the old to be unhappy. With old age should come wisdom and the ability to help
others with advice wisely given. The old can have the joy of seeing their
children making progress in life; they can watch their grandchildren growing up
around them; and, perhaps best of all, they can, if their life has been a
usefull one, feel the happiness of having come through the battle of life
safely and of having reached a time when they can lie back and rest, leaving
others to continue the fight.
TOPIC WRITTEN BY L.A.HILL AND R.D.S.
FIELDEN
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