《青春》
塞缪尔·厄尔曼
青春不是年华,而是心境;青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝,而是深沉的意志,恢宏的想象,炙热的恋情;青春是生命的深泉在涌流。
青春气贯长虹,勇锐盖过怯弱,进取压倒苟安。如此锐气,二十后生而有之,六旬男子则更多见。年岁有加,并非垂老,理想丢弃,方堕暮年。
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。
一旦天线下降,锐气便被冰雪覆盖,玩世不恭、自暴自弃油然而生,即使年方二十,实已垂垂老矣;然则只要树起天线,捕捉乐观信号,你就有望在八十高龄告别尘寰时仍觉年轻。
【原文】
《YOUTH》
Samuel Ullman
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 life.
Youth means a tempera-mental predominance of courage over timidity, of the
appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of
60 more than a boy of 20. 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 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.
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 20, but as long as
your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may die
young at 80.
曾经看到并摘抄过塞缪尔·厄尔曼的《青春》,甚觉精辟,印象很深。有一句话说的好,文字与内心是划等号的。太久没有码字,写公众号文章,生怕所写的,表达不出想说的,于是便以此作为开篇。
正适当的年纪,是应该有着不断追求新鲜事物的闯劲,有着不断学习追求优秀的信仰,以及有着不怕挫折屡败屡战的勇气。光阴荏苒,在懵懂中经历了多少故事。而成长的道路上,少不了挫折坎坷,少不了酸甜苦辣。但在我们这个年纪,不应该把现实很骨感当做消极逃避的借口!
读过一些书,走过一些路,认识过一些人,经历过一些事。世界是一个精彩的世界,不论何时何地,总会有美好的是事情将会发生。慢慢地,学会发现和期待,是多么幸福的一件事!
青春是一种心境,无关年龄。感谢生活,让我明白什么是值得追求的,感谢自己,不管遇到多少逆境,一直都还很清楚地知道自己想成为什么样的人,想做什么样的事!
人生的意义是什么?
在二十几岁的年纪,故作深沉地去扒拉着这个很多大师都道不清楚的问题,实在有些虚伪。但此时此刻,存在,或许就是最大的意义!不奢望成功,但要知道也存在着俩字,也许!
未来如何,不能想象,但能保证的,是不在二十几岁的年纪,活得却像是六七十岁的样子。活着就是折腾,做自己想成为的那种人,矢志不渝!