Worth

Said the child to his elder, "Yours is the life most worth living.  You have freedoms and rights.  You can make decisions and decide your actions.  You have power and control. You are wise and experienced.  Your fate is in your hands."

"With respect," replied the elder, "it is yours that is worth the while, for you have none of these and more."

Reviews

[Write4theSky]

Beautiful! I love all of your prose with children and elders. "none of these and more" is beautiful... I also love that the elder says "with respect". Two quick edits: I don't like "affect". Maybe choose? And that's--> that is

[Desert Dreamer]

Very wise words...we all have something to make our lives worth living.

[Rossen]

Wise, like a long rolled up fortune stuffed in a cookie.
Room to become, time to be