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What does it mean?
Youth is a state that requires a significant duration of life to be fully experienced or recognized.
In plain terms
It takes a long time to feel truly young.
What can you take from it?
Value the time it takes to grow and experience life.

Where it applies

  • reflecting on age
  • planning goals
  • aging process

Putting it to work

  • appreciate present
  • plan for longevity
  • embrace growth

Questions to consider

  • When do you feel most young?
  • What defines youth for you?

Another view

The quote implies youth is distant rather than immediate.

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