Thursday, 9 October 2008

The Tragedy of Adulthood


A young student of mine once told me (re-phrased):
"Childhood is all about play...teens, all about fun...and adulthood and old age are all about being stressed and boring !" Perhaps the tragedy of adulthood/old age is losing that capability for genuine playfulness and fun.

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 (Adapted from Karl Marx, EPM 1844)