As amusing as it is to watch that kid act so serious, it’s also hard. You spend so much of your youth wanting to be old, and it’s only later that you realise how good you had it, and how much you squandered it.
‘Hey kid,’ you say, ‘take my advice. Listen to your head less, and your heart more.’
The kid wrinkles their nose at the soppy sentiment, but you had to say it, because you wish someone had said it to you.
Paddy Dobson
8th January 2023