I am almost 30 years old. In my experience of 3 decades , life could be understood in this way :--
1-10 years of life : Life was like flying in sky without any hurdle.
11-20 years of life: We walk on surface of earth. Surface of earth have many features like plain, plateau , mountain and the hurdles in life is also same as . (But we didn't feel that we are losing ourselves)
20-30 years of life : In this stage of life, we reach in ocean or any water body . Those who know to swim properly , they can thrive . But there are people who don't know to swim , some of them learn to swim and walk as well as some of them go deeper in ocean . Again there is two categories of people who are in deep ocean. 1. Who wait that water threw them out . 2. Who stay there for sometime and learn , then walk.
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