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Youth
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, vigor of the
emotions; it is the freshness of the deep spring of
life.
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over
timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This
often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20.nobody grows
merely by the number of years; we grow old by deserting our ideas.
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the
soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust1 bows the heart and turns the
spirit back to dust.
Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the
lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next
and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and
my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives
messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and
from infinite, so long as you are young.
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with
the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you’ve grown
old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves
of optimism, there’s hope you may die young at 80.
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It is a
matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the
emotions; it is the freshness of the deep spring of life. These are
what I have and what we have at this period of life. So, I'm still
young, yes, definitely ! Come on my fellow friends, show your
energy and passion to this god damn world ! Let the universe hear
our voice, see our cheek, hug our enthusiasm and witness our
maturity. We're going to create a brand new future !
Mark Lee
May, 3rd, 2012
The night before the Youth Day