The Bible says, And this is life eternal, that they might know thee
the only true God. JOHN 17:3, 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
Ho anchor, hope, no vision, and to him life has no meaning
pe 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, or if your body has slowed
down, or you walk with a slow step, remember life is always
clothing itself anew. What men call death is but a journey to a
new city in another dimension of Life.
I say to 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 years until he has nothing else to count.”
your character, the quality of your mind, your faith, and your
convictions are not subject to decay.