I am 16...going on 60 ;)

When you cross your twenties and you cruise along you start feeling older. Suddenly a boy in 11th class looks like a kid to you and a girl smoking a cigarette during her 2nd year college puts you off. We start feeling the “OMG” (Oh my God) syndrome. Relating to our next generation becomes a task consuming all our thinking and reasoning power. Why? Because, You start feeling old! You don’t try and realize that at their age you probably did many things that maybe your previous generation looked at with the “OMG” syndrome! Yes it does take us few minutes before we stop staring these younger ones and remind ourselves that “hey c’mon…let them have the fun they deserve”. Though we still keep thinking bout it even later.

But that’s not the point; the point is that we need to stop feeling old you know. Seriously!! I see a lot of people who start feeling old the moment they cross 23-24! Yes I too went thru that trauma…but I was lucky to get out of that quickly too! And for those who still feel like sweet 16…way to go!

Because I read it some where,” You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing”. I mean how true that can be. It made me realize that I made myself feel old like the many others around me. I made myself believe that now I can’t make friends coz am not young and energetic and I cannot do many other things. I’m incapable! But….but now that I have crossed over that feeling I realized how young I am!

It’s all in the head…when we think we are 16, we are! Try and behave like the people around you. It really helps you to mingle more easily. You often might come across a group of younger kids. It’s totally up to you if want to over shadow them as an elderly bhaiya/didi or want to be cool dude/dudette sharing their jokes.

Have friends who are crazy and wild and with whom you could laugh at anything just like when you were a naughty kid! I realized that its important to be in the company of crazy people sometimes coz that fills up the craziness barometer within and gives you the kick to rock on!

Be more open and approachable to others and try and mingle easily. It helps you to realize and adjust with the fast changing world and the new set of thoughts going around.

No one’s asking you to be foolish. Behaving like a 16 year old at your work place aint getting you that promotion man! But its time that we awaken the kid within….yeah we all speak bout it but do we really do it? Learn to be responsible but don’t forget to have the fun in your life. Don’t miss out even a single opportunity to smile and laugh and make other happy. Be crazy and do some wild things. Remember when you stop laughing you r gonna be an oldie. ;) So make your choice.