“Neoteny is the retention of all those wonderful qualities that we associate with youth: curiosity, playfulness, eagerness, fearlessness, warmth, energy.”
Warren G. Bennis
Journal prompt: Spend at least 20 minutes writing about a person you admire for staying youthful despite his or her chronological age.
Fiction writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist realizes that s/he is considered elderly by a younger person.
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