What is true youth?

What is youth? In biology class, when talking about puberty, I told students that adolescence includes pre-adolescence, middle adolescence and late adolescence, mainly referring to the age group of 10 to 20 years old. But when I read samuel ullmann's essay Youth, I found that my understanding of youth was still too narrow. Does youth only mean age? Is there no youth after this age?

Youth is not only age, but also a state of mind. Have you found that some middle school students who are in the rainy season are addicted to games or novels, but they are lazy, listless and depressed, which makes people feel the vitality of youth completely. On the contrary, although some people enter middle age, they are still in high spirits. Burning with anger, full of water and infinite vitality. How can I believe that these people have no youth? ! You see, Dong Qing, the host of The Reader, is so dignified, decent, atmospheric and intellectual in the process of hosting the program, and his gestures look so elegant. He read silent words into people's hearts, making us feel the power of words and the charm of reading aloud! Where does this look like a 46-year-old middle-aged woman? It gives people the feeling of youth, full of youthful vitality and enthusiasm. From this perspective, it is not the years that make us really old, but our mentality.

Youth means dreams and enthusiasm. Dream is a forward beacon light, guiding the direction of navigation; The dream is the dawn, which illuminates the road of Nightcrawler; Dream is a sweet spring in the desert, which brings the hope of life to the withered walker. Youth without dreams is dim and lifeless. With dreams, we have passion and continuous upward motivation, which makes our life more meaningful. Time wrinkles the skin, but without dreams and enthusiasm, it wrinkles the soul, worries, fears and self-distrust. Without goals, people will be depressed and youth will turn to dust. Time can take away young faces and leave wrinkles, but it can't take away our inner enthusiasm and dreams.

Youth means struggle and pursuit. Youth without struggle is the most beautiful. Youth is heavy because of struggle, years are enriched because of struggle, and life is enriched because of struggle. For example, Dr. Li Changyu, known as the contemporary Sherlock Holmes, has won numerous honors and great achievements. Today, at the age of 80, he is still involved in recording the popular variety show "Come on China, Challenge Impossible". He has been struggling and pursuing all his life, and he has been practicing the spirit of challenge all his life, which will be impossible. As Samuel said, "Youth is not age, but mood. Youth is not pink cheeks, red lips and soft knees. It is a strong will, a grand imagination and rich emotions. Even at the age of 80, if the antennas in our hearts are willing to receive beautiful, cheerful, optimistic and enterprising waves, then we will always be young. "

Therefore, as long as we keep a positive and enterprising heart, as long as we dare to dream, dare to pursue dreams and be diligent in interpreting dreams, we will always be young! When you feel that youth is fleeting and life is careless, you might as well read samuel ullmann's Youth carefully, so that this short silent text can reach your heart through time and space and give you guidance and strength!

Attached? The original and translation of samuel ullmann's Youth (there are several versions of the translation);