ENTHUSIASM AND YOUTHISM

Youth is not a time of life - it is a state of mind; It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees. It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of emotions. It is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

Youth means the predominance of courage over timidity, of adventure over defeat. This often exists in a man of sixty more than in a boy of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideas, our dreams, OUR JOY.

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm or joy for living wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair - these slow the heart and turn the spirit back to dust.

Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart the love of wonder, the sweet amazement of the stars and starlike things, the undaunted opportunities of events, the unfailing child-like appetite for - what next? - and the joy of the game of living.

You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.

"LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE LITTLE!"
"BE BIG!"
"CLAIM YOUR BEINGNESS OF JOY NOW!"

Passed on by Teri Mister