Sensing the Cycle of Life.

Supposedly one can sense the cycle of life. The first sense that comes to mind is a sweet taste.  Life is sweet because it can be full of joy. It is good to be young, then you enjoy freedoms in your 20s and 30s, then you enjoy the sweetness of family.  When we are young, we know the excitement of running through the summer grass and rolling around in the fluffy white snow.  As a teenager we get a taste of what having liberties is like. In our 20s and 30s, we fully experience these liberties and the new opportunities opened to us when we are adults.  When we are 30 or 40, most people choose to start a family.  We can find happiness in the patter of feet and the sound of kids or grand-kids playing on the lawn until we are older.  Life can also be bitter.  It is bitter when someone we are fond of dies. It is not fun knowing the pain of losing a loved one.  There are other hardships in life that make it bitter.  Life can be stressful.  When we are given our liberties at age 20 we are also expected to conform to society and get a house and a job, both of which can be stressful to the person trying to accomplish these. But what do I know. I am sixteen.  I don't know what the rest of my life will be like. I don't know how I will reflect on my early child hood in 20 years from now. I don't know what I will think about this blog post in 20 years. Life also has that taste of something you can't quite place. That is the uncertainty of the future.