Apollo was a skilled and vain archer who wanted to challenge the skill of Eros aka Chariot. Eros, annoyed, responded to this challenge by crafting two arrows: a gold tipped on and a lead tipped one. Who ever was struck by the gold one would become filled with lust while the the person struck by the lead one would hate with everyone and anything that had to do with love. Apollo was struck with the gold one, and Daphne, daughter of the river god Peneus, was struck with the lead on. Apollo chased her all over the world, but Daphne kept running away. She kept running and once she was tired, he begged her father for help, so he turned her into a Laurel tree. Apollo's feelings still didn't change, so he cared for the tree and decorated it with beautiful wreaths.
I think the idea of eternal youth is stupid. I'm all for trying to look your best, everyone needs a confidence boost. However, I think eventually you just need to let yourself age because we weren't made to last forever, in fact, we weren't really made to last past 60, but thanks to modern medicine we are bought 20-30 years extra. We just need to to let our bodies do what they are supposed to do and not mess with it.
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