Fountain Of Youth

There are folks who do drink from the fountain of eternal youth. It’s exact location is still a secret, long kept hidden from the common folk and even from those who have reached in and drunk deeply.

Successful people. Amazing people, identifiable only by those moments when their eyes twinkle and their faces contort with the sweet shenanigans of the very young.

There are other signs, but they are so well hidden that many people never see them unless they are granted a look at the inner sanctum where these adorable creatures live.

Here they do those things mostly done by the very young, things that most of us outgrow before we become old enough to really make them matter. Here they laugh and smile, hug and reach out. Here they sometimes cry like the children they are and touch my heart like the grown-ups they are. These are fragile creatures whose hearts are their most vulnerable part. They’ve been known to give things away until there is nothing left for themselves. They will walk a country mile just to help someone out and they can be unmerciful teases.

These are the folks who are often still as cute as can be, because they know they are loved by those around them. Three year olds in fifty something bodies. If you know one, you understand how special they are.