By Shannon

"You don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing." - Michael Pritchard

Being old is all about attitude. It is in fact, possible to be "old beyond your years" or "a child at heart", but attitude is based on life’s experiences. If people begin to believe they are old they will become old.

Age is not a number; it is an outlook on life. Living life to the fullest and enjoying life is what keeps people young. One thing that might prevent people from staying young is obstacles. Trials and tribulations can cause people to give up on life. Things like sickness, or the death of a loved one can effect peoples outlook on life. This resignation can cause people to be old before their time. Instead rise above the obstacles and enjoy life to the fullest. Although this is difficult, it can be achieved.

In the poem "Ulysses" by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ulysses wants to go out on another journey. Even if he dies on the adventure, to him it was all worth it in the end. "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." People must go out and embrace whatever they can in order to enjoy life fully. People are only on this earth for a short time, they might as well enjoy the time they do have.