Daphne was a nymph who found no interest in any man on earth. Her father was the river god Peneus (hehe) and he wanted her to marry and have many children, however Daphne did not want to marry and she cried so much about it that her father did not make her. One day, Eros was so frustrated with Apollo that he shot him with a love arrow that caused him to fall madly in love with the first girl he saw, which of course happened to be Daphne. Daphne ran from him and Apollo chased her (literally which is creepy). Finally when Apollo was about to grasp Daphne she prayed to her father and he turned her into a laurel tree.
I feel that our culture especially glamorizes youth. Every magazine and ad has a young beautiful person on it which conveys the message that youth is best, everyone should want to be young. Personally I'd love to be 17-22 forever but that just isn't gonna happen.
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