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第165章

Youth

Guidance for Reciting

There is a feeling of Eternity in youth,which makes us amend for everything. To be young is to be as one of the Immortal Gods.

Years may wrinkle the skin,but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry,fear,self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spring back to dust.

Whether 60 or 16,there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder,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 the infinite,so long are you young.

Notes

1.wrinkle [5riNkl] v.(使)起皱纹

2.lure [luE] n.饵,诱惑

3.infinite [5infinit] a.无限的,无穷的,无边无际的

青春

诵读导言

青春有一种永生之感--它能弥补一切。人在青年时代好像一尊永生的神明。

岁月悠悠,衰微只及肌肤;热忱抛却,颓废必致灵魂。忧烦,惶恐,丧失自信,定使心灵扭曲,意气如灰。

无论年届花甲,拟或二八芳龄,心中皆有生命之欢乐,奇迹之诱惑,孩童般天真久盛不衰。人人心中皆有一台天线,只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号,你就青春永驻,风华常存。