Fowler 1 Alyssa Fowler Ms. Gardner English 10, Period 2 23, October 2013 Only Ti e !ill Tell !

e all want what we can"t ha#e, es$ecially when it co es to the tyranny o% age and ti e. For so e, ti e is a $resent waiting to be o$ened and disco#ered. To the , ti e gi#es an antici$ation that is al ost &nbearable. For others, ti e is o&t o% reach and &nattainable beca&se they ha#e already &sed &$ so &ch o% it. Either way, ost $eo$le

wo&ld agree that ti e is &nsatis%ying, &n$redictable and li iting. Those who are yo&ng want to be older' those who are old wish to retain their yo&th. The yearning to attain yo&th or, the o$$osite, to at&re, is eno&gh to dri#e $eo$le any yo&nger

to alter the sel#es in order to %&l%ill that strong yearning. For e(a $le, $eo$le will alter the sel#es thro&gh $iercings,

a)e &$, lang&age and clothing. There

are also other %actors that do not incl&de alteration, li)e height, $ri#ileges, res$onsibilities, and the way that they $ro*ect the sel#es to other $eo$le. The idea o% being yo&th%&l is so attracti#e to e#eryone beca&se yo&th co es with innocence, and innocence is acco $anied by a bliss%&l ignorance. +owe#er, is it really worth going thro&gh all o% that tro&ble, only to then achie#e a synthetic #ersion o% age, Ti e and age are nat&ral $rocesses that are not to be te $ered with. -ociety can $lay a older was ad#ertised as a a*or role in the way we $ercei#e age and ti e. .% getting ore $ositi#e $rocess then the elderly $eo$le wo&ld ost li)ely

Fowler 2 be $ro$onents o% the nat&ral $rocess o% aging instead o% %ighting so hard against ti e. On the contrary, society is %eeding these &nreasonable e($ectations into the yo&ng $eo$le o% this world. .t is $art o% the reason they %eel so obliged to grow &$ so %ast. /0o ing o% age1 or at&rity is not all that it see s. !hat society does not tell &s is the res$onsibility

that is in#ol#ed with beco ing an ad&lt. For instance, wor)ing hard at a *ob, dri#ing, a)ing a li#ing, s&$$orting a %a ily, and co $onents o% ad&lthood. .% we were aintaining a good ed&cation are all &ch as the $ros to

ade aware o% the cons as

aging then we wo&ld be able to a$$reciate the ti e we ha#e being yo&ng. !e wo&ld #al&e ha#ing no res$onsibly, low e($ectations, $&rity, and li itations that are set &$on &s when we are yo&ng. 2e#ertheless, there has to be a reason why we are all in s&ch a h&rry to grow &$. There has to be so ething to a)e all the waiting worth while. &st be content

.n order to $&t an end to this ho$eless desire o% %alse age, we all with o&r own generation and

at&rity. Matthew 3435 ad#ises, /There%ore, do not be

an(io&s abo&t to orrow, %or to orrow will be an(io&s %or itsel%. -&%%icient %or the day is its own tro&ble.1 There is too &ch to e brace in one day to be worried abo&t the ne(t.

6eing an(io&s abo&t the %&t&re e#ent&ally leads to an en#y o% the $ast. 7i#e %or today. .t is hard %or so e to $eo$le to acce$t the %act that they can not control ti e. 8o&"re a #icti o% ti e i% yo& %ind yo&rsel% ca&ght &$ in the $ast, or i $atiently waiting

%or the %&t&re. .nstead, yo& sho&ld *&st en*oy the $resent be%ore it sli$s thro&gh yo&r %ingers and beco es yo&r $ast. E bracing this harsh reality is inti idating to ost

$eo$le beca&se they can"t stand the idea o% not ha#ing control o#er the ine#itable.

Fowler 3 !anting to achie#e an age that is $ossessed by ti e hi sel%, a)es this tyranny a

ne#er ending con%lict. Ti e is ass&red and does not need to be constantly on a radar. Those who are eager abo&t the %&t&re, lac) $atience and grate%&lness %or the ti e they ha#e to wor) with. !hereas, those who are older try to hold on to and $reser#e that yo&th%&lness or innocence they &sed to $ossess. .t wo&ld be *&st acce$t ti e %or what it is, then we can li#e in the we wish and drea ore bene%icial to &s all to

o ent and sto$ losing ti e while

abo&t so ething we can not control.