[dylug] Youth ?

Hi , 

Just when i was feeling life had taken a mundane turn , came across
this small piece . Kindof racks you up .

vivek 
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"When in doubt , just do it.  Making an apology is much easier then
seeking permission. "
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Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind; it is a temper of
the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, a
predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure
over love of ease.
        Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years; people
grow old only by deserting their ideals.  Years wrinkle the skin, but
to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.  Worry, doubt, self-distrust,
fear, and despair -- these are the long, long years that bow the head
and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
        Whether seventy or sixteen, there is in every being's heart
the love of wonder, the sweet amazement at the stars and the starlike
things and thoughts, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing
childlike appetite for what next, and the joy and the game of life.
        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, grandeur and power from the earth, from man, and from the
Infinite, so long you are young.

Samuel Ullman