This is a question that comes to my mind often, usually when I see someone older than me, someone in his 50s or 60s or even older. I wonder why he has become like this, why some act so childish, while there are those who behave maturely.
As kids we are not very different normally, we are energetic, noisy, always jumping and running around, arguing over little things, forgetting all of it next second, but as we get old things change, we change, but not in the same way. Everyone goes his/her own path and some paths are not right, some paths just breaks everyone that enters it, destroys their personality and in the end, leaves a soulless body, a creature that's still living but you can't connect to, because there's nothing inside to connect to.
But also there are people in their 50s or 60s still very much alive and active, with goals and hopes. Those who have a general idea of what they're doing and where the path that they have chosen is taking them.
The question is what makes such a great difference? Is there a particular thing that if you follow you'll be fine in your 50's and 60's? For example can I say that if you walk 30 minutes every day you will have a great life till the end? Or it differs person to person, so for one walking might work but for other praying works better.
In my opinion, being creative and creating something regularly is very important if not vital. Creating something that you believe in, it could be a writing, a painting, a video, a sculpture or anything, but it should be from inside, not a copy of someone or something. I think mentally our input is much more than our output which can break us.
What do you think?
That's my friend in th photo. I took it few years ago in Isfahan, on the Sofeh mountain. Guess he was thinking about the same question.
All photos are taken by me, except noted.
