When one of my roommates or I make a corny joke, we call them old man jokes. And Brian makes a whole heck of a lot of them on our answering machine. They're jokes that you would picture your dad saying, or maybe an uncle. This quote really has nothing to do with any of that though.
"Youth is not a period of time. It is a state of mind, a result of the will, a quality of the imagination, a victory of courage over timidity, of the taste for adventure over the love of comfort. A man doesn't grow old because he has lived a certain number of years. A man grows old when he deserts his ideal. The years may wrinkle his skin, but deserting his ideal wrinkles his soul. Preoccupations, fears, doubts and despair are the enemies which slowly bow us toward earth and turn us into dust before death. You will remain young as long as you are open to what is beautiful, good and great; receptive to the messages of other men and women, of nature and of God. If one day you should become bitter, pessimistic, and gnawed by despair, may God have mercy on your old man's soul."
Brennan Manning quoting General Douglas MacArthur, The Ragamuffin Gospel
Why can't I find you Peter Pan?
2 comments:
hello angel, I just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking about you and trying to plot a way to stop my life right now so I can come play in yours. I'll let you know if I come up with a plan.
chipmunk, if you come up with a way i'll come up with a way to stop mine and we can create our own alternate life. it'll be good. so there's some motivation to come up with a way.
-bunny
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