Age concern

In 2009 my friends became 21 years old and now it’s 2010 and they are getting engaged and having babies. A far stretch from the school kids we once were.
But is there ever a correct age to do anything? Should life be run by the book?
It’s easy to pity those whose lives are planned out, with no room for compromise or change. But on the contrary it’s easy to envy those birds that spread their wings and go with the wind.
If only it were possible to view the crystal ball of the future and see where the next five years will lead. Perhaps then the fear of age and what lies ahead would slowly subside.
It is going to be an amazing year, but it is going to involve a substantial amount of change. I just hope being 21 is old enough to cope with it all.