Life Is Short Life is short. That is a fact of life. It is impossible to understand this simple fact as a teenager, however. As a teenager you look at senior citizens and you know you will never look like that. The thought of looking just two years down the road is probably difficult.
Most teenagers feel they are immortal.
This feeling of immortality will last perhaps into your 20s, then it will vanish as reality sets in. Since it is impossible, I won t attempt to convince you that you, too, will one day be 60 or 80. Or even 30. However, let me try to give you an analogy to help you understand why you feel the way you do about life. Let s say you are standing in a desert.