YOUR MIND AND SPIRIT DO NOT GROW OLD
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THE BIBLE SAYS, AND THIS IS LIFE ETERNAL, THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW THREE THE ONLY TRUE GOD. JOHN 17:3.
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THE MAN WHO THINKS OR BELIEVES THAT THE EARTHLY CYCLE OF BIRTH, ADOLESCENCE, YOUTH, MATURITY, AND OLD AGE IS ALL THERE IS TO LIFE, IS INDEED TO BE PITIED. SUCH A MAN HAS NO ANCHOR, NO HOPE, NO VISION, AND TO HIM LIFE HAS NO MEANING.
THIS TYPE OF BELIEF BRINGS FRUSTRATION, STAGNATION, CYNICISM, AND A SENSE OF HOPELESSNESS RESULTING IN NEUROSIS AND MENTAL ABERRATIONS OF ALL KINDS. IF YOU CANNOT PLAY A FAST GAME OF TENNIS, OR SWIM AS FAST AS YOUR SON, OF IF YOUR BODY HAS SLOWED DOWN, OR YOU WALK WITH A SLOW STEP, REMEMBER LIFE IS ALWAYS CLOTHING ITSELF A NEW. WHAT MEN CALL DEATH IS BUT A JOURNEY TO A NEW CITY IN ANOTHER DIMENSION OF LIFE.
I SAY T MEN AND WOMEN IN MY LECTURES THAT THEY SHOULD ACCEPT WHAT WE CALL OLD AGE GRACEFULLY. AGE HAS ITS OWN GLORY, BEAUTY, AND WISDOM, WHICH BELONG TO IT. PEACE, LOVE, JOY, BEAUTY, HAPPINESS, WISDOM, GOOD WILL, AND UNDERSTANDING ARE QUALITIES, WHICH NEVER GROW OLD OR DIE.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON, POET AND PHILOSOPHER, SAID, "WE DO NOT COUNT A MAN'S YEAR UNTIL HE HAS NOTHING ELSE TO COUNT". YOUR CHARACTER, THE QUALITY OF YOUR MIND, YOUR FAITH, AND YOUR CONVICTIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO DECAY.
YOU ARE AS YOUNG AS YOU THINK YOU ARE
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I GIVE PUBLIC LECTURES IN CAXTON HALL, LONDON, ENGLAND, EVERY FEW YEARS, AND FOLLOWING ONE OF THESE LECTURES, A SURGEON SAID TO ME, "I AM 84 YEARS OF AGE, I OPERATE EVERY MORNING, VISIT PATIENTS IN THE AFTERNOONS, AND I WRITE FOR MEDICAL AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS IN THE EVENING". HIS ATTITUDE WAS THAT HE WAS AS USEFUL AS HE BELIEVED HIMSELF TO BE, AND THAT HE WAS A YOUNG AS HIS THOUGHTS. HE SAID TO ME, " IT'S TRUE WHAT YOU SAID, 'MAN IS AS STRONG AS HE THINKS HE IS, AND AS VALUABLE AS HE THINS HEIS". THIS SURGEON HAS NOT SURRENDED TO ADVANCING YEARS. HE KNOWS THAT HE IS IMMORTAL. HIS FINAL COMMENT TO ME WAS, "IF I SHOULD PASS ON TOMORROW, I WOULD BE OPERATING ON PEOPLE IN THE NEXT DIMENSION, NOT WITH A SURGEON'S SCALPEL, BUT WITH MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL SURGERY".
YOUR GRAY HAIRS ARE AN ASSET
DON'T EVER QUIT A JOB AND SAY, " I AM RETIRED, I AM OLD, I AM FINISHED". THAT WOULD BE STAGNATION, DEATH AND YOU WOULD BE FINISHED. SOME MEN ARE OLD AT 30, WHILE OTHERS ARE YOUNG AT 80. THE MIND IS THE MASTER WEAVER, THE ARCHITECT, THE DESIGNER, AND THE SCULPTOR.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW WAS ACTIVE AT 90, AND THE ARTISTIC QUALITY OF HIS MIND HAD NOT RELAXED FROM ACTIVE DUTY. I MEET MEN AND WOMEN WHO TELL ME THAT SOME EMPLOYERS ALMOST SLAM THE DOOR IN THEIR FACES WHEN THEY SAY THEY ARE OVER 40. THIS ATTITUDE ON THE PART OF THE EMPLOYERS IS TO BE CONSIDERED COLD, CALLOUS, EVIL, AND COMPLETELY VOID OF COMPASSION AND UNDERSTANDING. THE TOTAL EMPHASIS SEEMS TO BE ON YOUTH, I.E., YOU MUST BE UNDER 35 YEARS OF AGE TO RECEIVE CONSIDERATION. THE REASONING BEHIND THIS IS CERTAINLY VERY SHALLOW. IF THE EMPLOYER WOULD STOP AND THINK, HE WOULD REALIZE THAT THE MAN OR WOMAN WAS NOT SELLING HIS AGE OR GRAY HAIR, RATHER, HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE OF HIS TALENTS, HIS EXPERIENCE, AND HIS WISDOM GATHERED THROUGH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE MARKET PLACE OF LIFE.
AGE IS AN ASSET
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YOU AGE SHOULD BE A DISTINCT ASSET TO ANY ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE OF YOUR PRACTICE AND APPLICATION THROUGH THE YEARS OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE GOLDEN RULE AND THE LAW OF LOVE AND GOOD WILL. YOUR GRAY HAIR, IF YOU HAVE ANY, SHOULD STAND FOR GREATER WISDOM, SKILL, AND UNDERSTANDING. YOUR EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL MATURITY SHOULD BE A TREDENDOUS BLESSING TO ANY ORGANISATION. A MAN SHOULD NOT BE ASKED TO RESIGN WHEN HE IS 65 YEARS OF AGE. THAT IS THE TIME OF LIFE WHEN HE COULD BE MOST USEFUL IN HANDLING PERSONAL PROBLEMS, MAKING PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, MAKING DECISIONS, AND GUIDIN OTHERS IN THE REALM OF CREATIVE IDEAS BASED ON HIS EXPERIENCE AND INSIGHT INTO THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS.
BE YOUR AGE
A MOTION-PICTURE WRITER IN HOLLYWOOD TOLE ME THAT HE HAD TO WRITE SCRIPTS, WHICH WOULD CATER TO THE TWELVE-YEAR-OLD MIND. THIS IS A TRAGIC STATE OF AFFAIRS IF THE GREAT MASSES OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY MATURE. IT MEANS THAT THE EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON YOUTH IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT YOUTH STANDS FOR INEXPERIENCE, LACK OF DISCERNMENT, AND HASTY JUDGMENT.
I CAN KEEP UP WITH THE BEST OF THEM
I AM NOW THINKING OF A MAN 65 YEARS OF AGE WHO IS TRYING FRANTICALLY TO KEEP YOUNG. HE SWIMS YOUNG MEN EVERY SUNDAY, GOES ON LONG HIKES, PLAYS TENNIS, AND BOASTS OF HIS PROWESS AND PHYSICAL POWERS, SAYING, "LOOK, I CAN KEEP UP WITH THE BEST OF THEM!".
HE SHOULD REMEMBER THE GREAT TRUTH: AS A MAN THINKETH IN HIS HEART, SO IS HE. PROV. 23:7. DIETS, EXERCISE, AND GAMES OF ALL KINDS WILL NOT KEEP THIS MAN YOUNG. IT IS NECESSARY FOR HIM TO OBSERVE THAT HE GROWS OLD OR REMAINS YOUNG IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS PROCESSESS OF THINKING. YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND IS CONDITIONED BY YOUR THOUGHTS. IF YOUR THOUGHTS ARE CONSTANTLY ON THE BEATIFUL, THE NOBLE, AND THE GOOD, YOU WILL REMAIN YOUNG REGARLESS OF THE CHRONOLOGICAL YEARS.
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