Age is a big fat Nothing

So I have been thinking. I know, I know..what else is new? That's all I ever seem do. Rambling aside, what I have been thinking about is 'Human Age' and its detrimental effect on all our lives. Bear with me. After thinking on it long and hard, I have come to a conclusion. If only I came to understand it a long time ago, I would have spared myself from a lot of sufferings in life. It is simply is this: "Age is a big fat NOTHING".

Now out of context, it does sound like and can be taken in a negative way. So don't jump the gun. Now we all have heard it before : 'Age is just a number' from people around us. They might say it to persuade us to do something, make something of our life, to get of our asses and not be a train wreck. But the people who are saying it, do they believe it themselves? Or saying it to sound all sage and wise. I do not think they do. Heck I didn't before. Not until life went off the rails, got claimed by the usual suspects of pain and doom.

So what was I saying? Something about the context of it all. Okay. To me the word 'Age' is like a prison. It is created by the cogs of our societal system. Sometimes I feel that it's sole purpose is to deprive us the freedom to do whatever we want to do in our lives. It’s like we are in a race against time, where the age to be free, to be happy, have fun, enjoy life, be successful, to say 'YOLO' and do whatever we want is very short. So we are pressed to do anything that we can do, at a specific time within a specific age range; because after that age we are counted as an obsolete model. So we bury all our dreams, happiness and passion for life; awaiting for the day when we meet our end. Now I am not claiming to be a all knowing AI or whatever (though I think AI will replace us humans for sure, but that's a tale for another day).

Now the important thing to internalize here is that age is not what matters, because what really matter in our life, our attitude towards it, our hopes and dreams, commitment and perseverance. Human age indicates the passage of time and sure we will have more difficulties when we inevitably reach a certain age; but the key to live our life to the fullest resides in our minds. There is nothing that can stop us from reaching our goals if only we believe that everything is possible. Our mind is the powerhouse that runs us, can do anything if only we truly believe that we can do it. We should never let the age or peer pressure or societal pressure hinder us. So repeat after me...'Age is just a number', 'Age means Nothing', 'Age is a big fat Nothing'. So do not let it control your life. Because hey, YOLO.