YOUTHFUL

YOUTHFUL

Youthfulness is not in how old or how young a man is, it is in how a man lives his life, and the things he holds dear. A ninety years old man can still be a youth, while a twenty five years may no more be a youth. Being youthful is a state of the mind and not the structure, frame, and stature of the body. As much as strength is a common feature of youthfulness, it can not in isolation make one so.

Daisaku Ikeda said, "Youthfulness is not determined by age. It is determined by one's life force. One who possesses hope is forever young. One who continually advances is forever beautiful." Hope, which is the expectation of something; one's heart desire. Hope is a good thing, and never dies, it is a major attribute of youthfulness, and any one who exhibits such, is a youth irrespective of age.

Age is a self erected barrier by people who does not understand the wonders of life; people who refuse to see the freshness, and the newness in the usual, who sees life the way they have always seen it, rather than in a new way, and this is all in the mind. Every new day brings freshness, but if all you see is the old, you will surely experience the usual.

In the words of Sophia Loren, "There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age." Live your life for impact, live for an effect that transcend you, live for purpose; no matter how old you are or how long you live, you would have lived a YOUTHFUL life.

(A➡️Z)14➕Z)

John Kamikun

Author, "366 days of wisdom".