青春
青春不是年龄,而是一种心境,青春不只是粉颊,朱唇和酥膝。青春更是一种意志力,想象力和感召力,它是春意盎然的生命气息。
青春的意义在于勇气胜过怯意,热衷冒险胜过乐于安逸。它总能生于花甲,而非弱冠年华。衰老不在于年龄,而在于信念不坚定。岁月能蚕食颜容,而放弃热情却会老化心灵。忧虑,恐惧和自我怀疑只能损伤锐气,难以进取。
无论年近花甲还是青如束发,每个人都会有一颗好奇心和对生命游戏无穷无尽的天真童趣。仿佛我们的心中有一座无线电台,只要你还年轻,总能收到来自人们有关美丽,希冀,鼓励,勇气和能力的信息。
天线倒塌,不免心灰意冷,冰雪交加,年方弱冠,心若暮年。天线再立,重获无线生机,满怀希冀,身逝耄耋,春心不灭。
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. |