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 emotionIt 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 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, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in human being’s heart the lure of wonder,The unfailing child-like appetite of what’s next,And the joy of the game of living,In the center of your heart and my 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.When the aerials are down,And your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism,Then you are grown old,Even at twenty,But as long as your aerials are up,To catch the waves of optimism,There is hope you may die young at eighty. 译成中文,用以上格式
青春,并非年轻岁月,而是一种心态;青春的特征,并非粉颊、朱唇、柔肢,而是毅力、激情、创意;青春是生命涌泉的清澈、激扬。
青春,是指超越怯懦、勇气如虹,不图安逸、敢闯敢试。毅力若此,花甲多胜弱冠。年岁递增,非必老化;背弃理想,方陷残年。
岁月留痕,只及肌肤;激情不再,皱起心灵。忧惧自卑,终致身心佝偻、精神萎靡。
无论年少或年长,当怀好奇的诱导,像孩子般总渴求着:接下来的进展及驰骋人生的欢乐。人人皆有心灵的感官,只要感受源源来自人间与穹苍的启发,感应有关美好、希望、激情、勇毅和能力的信息,你就会朝气勃勃、青春无限。