It is often said that life is short, therefore everyone should enjoy their life as much as possible when they are still alive. However, when it comes to the question which of age groups enjoy life the most, we find the separation of opinons. Some might assert that senior citizens take more pleasure in life than young people, while others object this idea. I personally believe that younger people are more capable of enjoying life than elder ones in terms of their physical condition and responsibility.
First of all, having a fine physical condition is a crucial determing source in enjoying one's life. One scientific study has found that human's body stop developing at the age of thirty and it starts to deterioate from then. However many activities for one to persue the enjoyment require well-rounded physical conditions. For example, I find the most enjoyment in my life when I play extreme sports, especially bungee jump. However, would you think I might be able to bungee jump at the age of fifty without getting a heart attack. Even so, there are a lot of risks involving for elders to perform such physical activities.
Secondly. older people have too much responsbilites to take care of, which limits them to enjoy life. As people get older, they are exposed to more responsibilities such as occupation and marriage. Whereas young people are more like carefree with responsibilities that their parents take instead. In this sense, young people are less vulnerable to the consequences followed by their actions. For example, when I was young I enjoyed doing prankcall to unknown people. Because I was young by then, I didn't get much blames for my inapporiate action. However, I won't be able to commit such an action in my age now.
In conclusion, although people have different definitions in enjoying life, I assume that young people are in better position in enjoying life due to their well-rounded physical condition and less responsiblity to submit. |