In this lovely romantic obsession story, we find Apollo challenging the archery skills of the great Eros, who proves himself by shooting two special arrows; a gold one, which causes the one hit with it to be filled with love, and a lead one, which cause the one hit with it to be filled with a hatred toward love. Apollo is hit with the gold one, and Daphne is hit with the lead one. Apollo chased after Daphne for her love, but she wasn't having anything to do with it as the arrow caused her to want nothing to do with love. Eventually, she called out to her father to help her out with the situation because she was done with Apollo. Her father, the river god Peneus, had the ability to transform so she transformed Daphne into a laurel tree. Apollo, still obsessed with her, wouldn't let her go even after she was turned, so he claimed the tree as his own and made a wreath out of the leaves, with the laurel tree sill remains a symbol of Apollo.
The idea of eternal youth seems pretty appealing and all, but I feel like it would be more of a curse than a burden. On the one hand, you would always be "young and beautiful", and can eat anything you want and be able to have fun and hang out with your friends and your only worry would be that big exam that you have the next day. You can basically live how you want. However, on the other hand, you would perpetually be stuck in between the stages of a child and adult, so you wouldn't always get the respect you deserve. You wouldn't be able to experience the real world of having a job, having your own house, a spouse, children, etc. Youth is only a small part of life, so being eternally young wouldn't be beneficial as you wouldn't be able to experience what all of life has to offer.
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