age is a curious thing
i have not, for the life of me, figured out if
it is something to have, or do, or be;
or if, perhaps, it is something that is done upon us.
it occured to me today that i never used to feel young;
i grew up feeling, acting older than i was.
the curse of the firstborns?
lately i have finally begun to act my age,
and i am young again.
PennyDaisy 
Age is one of those things I try not to think about.
I think age can be a deceptive thing. If someone is older, we think them wiser. Of course that’s not always the case. And youth implies lack of wisdom, or at least not as wise. Again, not always so. At 21, a girl I know is wiser than many girls that are much older. At 30 and above, I know several men who will never be as wise as she is now. Age is deceptive.
You are young. I am young. I’ve always felt older too because my friends are mostly younger. What a lie. I am still young. If I keep thinking I’m older, one day I really will be, and my youth will have passed me by unaware.
It is not the curse of the firstborns. I am the second and always acted older than my age. One lady who knew my older brother thought I was older when she met me. Now in my mid-twenties people think I am in my teens. What makes the difference? I do not know. My grandmother complains at me to “act my age” to “act young” but then turns around and complains about my cousins, who are acting their age. Oh well. I answer to God and not to any man, or woman, for how old or young I act. I feel young when I laugh and play with my younger siblings. I feel old, really old, when I am grumpy and complaining about everything. Maybe our attitude affects it some.
Lovely…