Motivation Monday - 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 will, a quality of the imagination, a vigour of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.  Youth means predominance of courage over timidity, of adventure over the love of ease.  This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty.  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, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair - these bow the heart and turn the spirit back to dust.  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 hopes; as old as your despair.

Samuel Ullman