Be as young as you feel….

BE as young as you feel….

Youth is not a time of life. It is a state of mind. It is the temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, an appetite for adventure over love of ease.

Nobody grows old by merely living number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Worry , doubt, self destruct, fear and despair turn the growing sprit back to dust.

Whether 60 or 16, there is in every being’s heart the love of wonder, the sweet amazement of the stars, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike 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.

So long as your heart receives messages of beauty, cheer, courage and power, you are young.

When all the central places of your heart are covered with pessimism, then only you are grown old indeed.

“Live everyday of your life as though you expect to live forever”