青春とは人生の有る時期をさすのではなく、心のあり方のことだ
それは単に紅顔の面持ち、紅い唇、しなやかな肢体などをいうのではない
青春とは、強固な意志、豊かな想像力、激しい情熱を指し
臆病を捨て去る果敢な勇気、安易さを退け冒険を求める飢えた心を言う
人は歳を重ねるから老いるのではなく、理想を失うときの老いるのである
歳月は皮膚に皺を刻むが、情熱の消滅は魂に皺を刻む
悩み、疑い、自己不信、恐怖、絶望、これらは長い年月に渡り人を老いさせ
生気ある魂を死に至らしめる。70才であろうと16歳であろうと、
その人の胸中には驚異に惹かれる心あり、星空の摂理に驚く心あり、
事に処する大胆な挑戦あり、子供のごとき好奇心あり
そして人生への興味と歓喜がある。
人はその信念に比例して若く 疑惑と共に老いる
人はその自信に比例して若く 恐怖と共に老いる
人はその希望に比例して若く 絶望と共に老いる
人は全能の神から、人から、大自然から、その美しさ、雄大さ、力強さ、喜び、勇気などの霊感を受ける限り、何時までも若く有る
これらの霊感が途絶え、皮肉の氷が心を固く閉ざし、
悲嘆の白雪がこれを覆いつくせば
その人は真に老朽と化する。頭を高くあげ
希望の波を捉える限り、人は何時までも青春である。
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