This world demands the qualities of youth; not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the life of ease.

Robert F. Kennedy
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This world demands the qualities of youth; not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the life of ease. A person can have all the youth they want but it won’t be enough to deal with the everyday world. The world is full of many factors that make it hard to survive. At some point in life, one has to grow up and make decisions on their own.

It is like when you were young and your parents tell you what to do with your life. They would give you instructions on what careers to pursue or how much money you should make. Today, they don’t even know what they are doing anymore.

When you realize that you need to make your own decisions and handle your own problems, then you can truly be in charge of your life.

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