Youth!!!!

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

Youh means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20 years. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-destrut bows the heart & turns & turns the sprit back to dust.

Wheather 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing childlike appetite of what's next & the joy of the game of living. In the centre of your heart & my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it recieves messeges of beauty, hope, cheer, courage & power from men & from the infinite, so long are you young..

When the arials are down, & your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism & the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20, but as long as your ariels are up, to catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at 80..........................................................................................