Youth Samuel Ullman
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple1)knees; it is a matter of will, a quality of the imagination, avigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
Youth means a temperamental2) predominance3) of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over thelove of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old bydeserting4) our ideals.
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give upenthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows theheart and turns the spirit back to dust.
Whether 60 or 16, there is in every humanbeing's heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlikeappetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: Solong as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite5), so long are youyoung.
When the aerials are down, and your spirit iscovered with snows of cynicism6) and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20; but as long as your aerials are up, tocatch waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at80.
[Annotation:]
1) supple adj. soft
2) temperamental adj. Caused by temperament
3) predominance n. advantage
4) desert vt. abandonment
5) the Infinite God
6 ) cynicism n. cynicism
Youth
Youth is not years, but state of mind; youth is not rosy faces, red lips, soft knees, but deep will, magnificent imagination, burning passion Feelings; youth is the deep spring of life surging.
Youth is like a rainbow, bravery overwhelms timidity, and progress overwhelms peace. Such vigor is born after twenty years, and is more common among men in their sixties. Adding years does not mean getting old, and abandoning ideals means falling into old age.
As time goes by, weakness only affects the skin; abandoning enthusiasm will lead to decadence in the soul. Worry, fear, and loss of self-confidence will definitely distort the mind and turn the spirit into ashes.
No matter whether they are sixty or twenty-eight years old, they all have in their hearts the joy of life, the temptation of miracles, and the unfailing childlike innocence.
Everyone has an antenna. As long as you receive signals of beauty, hope, joy, courage and strength from heaven and earth, you will remain young and graceful forever.
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