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, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of Nobody grows old merely by a number of We grow old by deserting our Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing appetite for what’s next and the joy of the game of In the center of your heart and my heart, there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, courage and power from man and from the infinite, so long as you are When your aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with 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 If I Rest, I Rust The significant inscription found on an old key---“If I rest, I rust”---would be an excellent motto for those who are afflicted with the slightest bit of Even the most industrious person might adopt it with advantage to serve as a reminder that, if one allows his faculties to rest, like the iron in the unused key, they will soon show signs of rust and, ultimately, cannot do the work required of Those who would attain the heights reached and kept by great men must keep their faculties polished by constant use, so that they may unlock the doors of knowledge, the gate that guard the entrances to the professions, to science, art, literature, agriculture---every department of human Industry keeps bright the key that opens the treasury of If Hugh Miller, after toiling all day in a quarry, had devoted his evenings to rest and recreation, he would never have become a famous The celebrated mathematician, Edmund Stone, would never have published a mathematical dictionary, never have found the key to science of mathematics, if he had given his spare moments to idleness, had the little Scotch lad, Ferguson, allowed the busy brain to go to sleep while he tended sheep on the hillside instead of calculating the position of the stars by a string of beads, he would never have become a famous Labor vanquishes all---not inconstant, spasmodic, or ill-directed labor; but faithful, unremitting, daily effort toward a well-directed Just as truly as eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, so is eternal industry the price of noble and enduring What is Your Recovery Rate? What is your recovery rate? How long does it take you to recover from actions and behaviors that upset you? Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? The longer it takes you to recover, the more influence that incident has on your actions, and the less able you are to perform to your personal In a nutshell, the longer it takes you to recover, the weaker you are and the poorer your You are well aware that you need to exercise to keep the body fit and, no doubt, accept that a reasonable measure of health is the speed in which your heart and respiratory system recovers after Likewise the faster you let go of an issue that upsets you, the faster you return to an equilibrium, the healthier you will The best example of this behavior is found with professional They know that the faster they can forget an incident or missed opportunity and get on with the game, the better their In fact, most measure the time it takes them to overcome and forget an incident in a game and most reckon a recovery rate of 30 seconds is too long! Imagine yourself to be an actor in a play on the Your aim is to play your part to the best of your You have been given a script and at the end of each sentence is a full Each time you get to the end of the sentence you start a new one and although the next sentence is related to the last it is not affected by Your job is to deliver each sentence to the best of your Don’t live your life in the past! Learn to live in the present, to overcome the Stop the past from influencing your daily Don’t allow thoughts of the past to reduce your personal Stop the past from interfering with your Learn to recover Remember: Rome wasn’t built in a Reflect on your recovery rate each Every day before you go to bed, look at your Don’t lie in bed saying to you, “I did that ” “I should have done better ” N look at your day and note when you made an effort to place a full stop after an This is a You are taking control of your Remember this is a step by step This is not a make- You are undertaking real change Your aim: reduce the time spent in The way forward? Live in the Not in the Love your lifeHowever mean your life is,meet it and live it ;do not shun it and call it hard it is not so bad as you it looks poorest when you are he fault-finder will find faults in love your life,poor as it you may perhaps have some pleasant,thrilling,glorious hours,even in a poor-he setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode;the snow melts before its door as early in the i do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there,and have as cheering thoughts,as in a he town's poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of ay be they are simply great enough to receive without st think that they are above being supported by the town;but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest which should be more ultivate poverty like a garden herb,like do not trouble yourself much to get new things,whether clothes or friends,turn the old,return to hings do not change;we sell your clothes and keep your The life I desiredThat must be the story of innumerable couples,and the pattern of life offers a homely it reminds you of a placid rivulet,meandering smoothly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees,till at last it falls into the vast sea;but the sea is so calm,so silent,so indifferent,that you are troubled suddenly by a vague perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature,strong in me even in those days,that i felt in such an existence,the share of the great majority,something i recognized its social i saw its ordered happiness,but a fever in my blood asked for a wilder here seemed to me something alarming in such easy in my heart was desire to live more i was not unprepared for jagged rocks and treacherous,shoals it i could only have change-change and the excitement of unforeseen