Young At Heart

This post will be full of nonsense, sorry

Last week, when I attended a free musical performance in the Esplanade, all the performers are very young, but they said they are “old at heart”. They mean they like the old songs

I always hear someone say “I am young at heart”. I don’t know what they want to expect. How this phrase is used? Can I tell the others “I am young at heart”? This “old at heart” triggered me to google the meaning of “young at heart”

From Google, I found that “Young at Heart” is a movie of 1954 (Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Gig Young), also there are a lot of definitions for “Young at Heart”. After I read some of them, I still cannot get an answer to my question.

Then I try to define it myself, first I tried to translate it from English to Chinese. I tried a few, and finially I use “???”

I also noticed that for the people they are younger than 45, they seldom say they are “Young at Heart”. But once someone pass 45, they start to say “I am young at heart”. The older they are, the more they said.

So I added two more words in front – “?????”

From there I tried to figured out what will happen when someone is “?????”

My first thought is the mind. When people are young, their mind will be naive, and become more and more mature when they grow older and older, so can the “Young at Heart” means “????, ????” But I drop this thought immediately, as in this IT era, This is not likely the case.

Then I realize the biggest different for young and old are their strength. Generally speaking, the young get more strength than the old. So the “Young at heart” should means their heart is young, but not their strength. To describe in Chinese, it should be “????”

At last, I got a definition I am satisfied and know how to use. Next time when someone ask me to do something, and I think I cannot, I will tell them -“I am young at herart” or more precisely “I am young at heart ONLY”

8 thoughts on “Young At Heart”

  1. Hi Frisna

    Thanks for not telling me I am full of nonsense.

    I put the post under category “Stories, jokes, quotes” and I hope the others just read it as a joke. Otherwise I will be scolded by many people. haha.

  2. Hi Andrew

    I am glad you finally put up this post which we have lots of arguments!!

    After reading your Post, you seemed to have toned down and I absolutely concur with Frisna.

    Not only this, I am happy that you are no longer stubborn in your one track mind when someone says ‘I am young at heart’.

    There is nothing wrong when someone say, 130 years old, says ‘I am young at heart’.

    I hope I did not misinterpret your meaning. Don’t need another attack.

  3. Hi GT

    As I said, it is a joke – a joke only, where got another attack?

    Instead, I would like to send my congratulation (a bit late) for you to become from my lady boss to the beauty queen.

  4. Well, Andrew, it’s not a joke to me cos you had put in lots of thoughts into this subject. Even googled to find out how this saying comes about.

    Thank you, still prefer to be your lady boss, though. Heehee.

  5. Joke, Google, reminded me another joke

    A retired CIA agent wanted to get some secret information, He called the CIA Headquarter to check. After he provide his detail to the staff in the HQ, the other side told him that: “Sorry, you already retired, we don’t serve you any more. Actually nowadays, not much agents call us for information, they will do it themselves by Google, there provide more and accurate information them us, May be you can try to check out there”

    Funny? no to me it is horrible (??)!!!

  6. I wrote my post in 5 Dec (Thu), I wrote it in a joke form, But why I make up my mind to write this post is not a joke. It is because a great man passed away on that day which in my mind, only he can call himself “YOUNG AT HEART”. The other call themselves “Young at heart”, I totally cannot agree (sorry lady boss, another attack finally)

    The great man I mentioned is Nelson Mandela (1918/07/18 – 2013/12/5). He is finally offically announce died on last Thu. I wanted to cry, but failed, poor me.

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