YOUTH
BY:ELMAR A. CARISO
YOUTH IS NOT ENTIRELY A TIME OF LIFE, IT IS A STATE MIND. IT IS NOT WHOLLY A MATTER OF RIPE CHEEKS, RED LIPS OR SUPPLE KNEES. IT IS A MATTER OF TEMPER OF THE WILL, A QUALITY OF THE IMAGINATION, A VIGOR OF THE EMOTIONS, A FRESHNESS OF THE DEEP SPRINGS OF LIFE. IT MEANS A TEMPERAMENTAL PREDOMINANCE OF COURAGE OVER TIMIDITY OF AN APPETITE FOR AN ADVENTURE OVER LOVE OF EASE.
NOBODY GROWS OLD BY MERELY LIVING A NUMBER OF YEARS. PEOPLE GROW OLD ONBLY BY DESERTING THEIR IDEALS.
YEARS MAY WRINKLE THE SKIN, BUT TO GIVE UP INTERESTS IN WRINLE THE SOUL. WORRY, DOUBT, SELF DISTRUST, FEAR AND DESPAIR, THESE ARE THE LONG, LONG YEARS THAT BOW THE HEAD AND TURN THE GROWING SPIRIT BACK TO DUST.
WHATEVER YOUR YEARS, THERE IS IN EVERY BEINGS HEART THE LOVE OF WONDER, THE UNDAUNTED CHALLENGE OF EVENTS, THE UNFAILING CHILDLIKE APPETITE FOR WHAT'S NEXT, AND THE JOY AND GAME OF LIFE. YOU ARE AS YOUR FAITH, AS OLD AS YOUR HOPE, AS OLD AS YOUR DESPAIR. IN THE CENTRAL PLACE OF EVERY HEART, THERE IS A RECORDING CHAMBER; SO LONG AS IT RECEIVES MESSAGES OF BEAUTY, HOPE, CHEER AND COURAGE, SO LONG ARE YOU YOUNG.
WHEN THE WIRES ARE ALL DOWN AND YOUR HEART IS COVEREDWITH THE SNOWS OF PESSIMISMS AND THE ICE OF CYNISM, THEN, AND THEN ONLY ARE YOU GROW OLD.
BY:ELMAR A. CARISO
YOUTH IS NOT ENTIRELY A TIME OF LIFE, IT IS A STATE MIND. IT IS NOT WHOLLY A MATTER OF RIPE CHEEKS, RED LIPS OR SUPPLE KNEES. IT IS A MATTER OF TEMPER OF THE WILL, A QUALITY OF THE IMAGINATION, A VIGOR OF THE EMOTIONS, A FRESHNESS OF THE DEEP SPRINGS OF LIFE. IT MEANS A TEMPERAMENTAL PREDOMINANCE OF COURAGE OVER TIMIDITY OF AN APPETITE FOR AN ADVENTURE OVER LOVE OF EASE.
NOBODY GROWS OLD BY MERELY LIVING A NUMBER OF YEARS. PEOPLE GROW OLD ONBLY BY DESERTING THEIR IDEALS.
YEARS MAY WRINKLE THE SKIN, BUT TO GIVE UP INTERESTS IN WRINLE THE SOUL. WORRY, DOUBT, SELF DISTRUST, FEAR AND DESPAIR, THESE ARE THE LONG, LONG YEARS THAT BOW THE HEAD AND TURN THE GROWING SPIRIT BACK TO DUST.
WHATEVER YOUR YEARS, THERE IS IN EVERY BEINGS HEART THE LOVE OF WONDER, THE UNDAUNTED CHALLENGE OF EVENTS, THE UNFAILING CHILDLIKE APPETITE FOR WHAT'S NEXT, AND THE JOY AND GAME OF LIFE. YOU ARE AS YOUR FAITH, AS OLD AS YOUR HOPE, AS OLD AS YOUR DESPAIR. IN THE CENTRAL PLACE OF EVERY HEART, THERE IS A RECORDING CHAMBER; SO LONG AS IT RECEIVES MESSAGES OF BEAUTY, HOPE, CHEER AND COURAGE, SO LONG ARE YOU YOUNG.
WHEN THE WIRES ARE ALL DOWN AND YOUR HEART IS COVEREDWITH THE SNOWS OF PESSIMISMS AND THE ICE OF CYNISM, THEN, AND THEN ONLY ARE YOU GROW OLD.
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