Friday, June 6, 2008

Fountain of Youth

It's always been a wonder to me whether the fountain of youth is a literal or physical term. I have now conceded that we are our own fountain of youth and that psychological evolution plays a large role in how we age.

6 months ago we had a smaller amount of inhibitions. Think of it like ethanol-induced drugs kill brain cells and never are re-created. Similarly, our ability to take risks are depleting as our inhibitions are thriving.

If we know now how we can age gracefully, the liquid from the fountain of youth may not be anything more than taking risks in our everyday lives, why is it that we still resort to the 'play it safe' comfort of a soda?

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