the subject. He took a trip around the world and took movies of famous places. He now lectures before various groups, lodges and clubs and is in popular demand.
There are countless ways of taking an interest in something worthwhile outside yourself. Become enthusiastic over new creative ideas, make spiritual progress and continue to learn and to grow. In this manner you remain young in heart, because you are hungering and thirsting after new truths, and your body will reflect your thinking at all times.
You Must Be A Producer & Not A Prisoner Of Society
The newspapers are taking cognizance of the fact that the voting population of the elderly in California elections is increasing by leaps and bounds. This means that their voices will be heard in the legislature of the state and also in the halls of Congress. I believe there will be enacted a federal law prohibiting employers from discrimination against men and women because of age.
A man of 65 years may be younger mentally, physically and psychologically than many men at 30. it is stupid and ridiculous to tell a man he cannot be hired because he is over 40. It is like saying to him that he is ready for the scrap heap or the junk pile.
What is a man of 40 or over to do? Must he bury his talents and hide his light under a bushel? Men, who are deprived and prevented from working because of age, must be sustained by government treasuries at county, state and federal levels. The many organizations who refuse to hire them and benefit from their wisdom and experience will be taxed to support them. This is a form of financial suicide.
Man is here to enjoy the fruit of his labor, and he is here to be a producer and not a prisoner of society which compels him to idleness.
Man's body slows down gradually as he advances through the years, but his conscious mind can be made much more active, alert, alive and quickened by the inspiration from his subconscious mind. His mind, in reality, never grows old. Job said, Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle. Job 29:2-4.
Secret Of Youth
To recapture the days of your youth, feel the miraculous, healing, self renewing power of your subconscious mind moving through your whole being. Know and feel that you are inspired, lifted up, rejuvenated, revitalized and recharged spiritually. You can bubble over with enthusiasm and joy, as in the days of your youth, for the simple reason that you can always mentally and emotionally recapture the joyous state.
The candle, which shines upon your head, is divine intelligence and reveals to you everything you need to know; it enables you to affirm the presence of your good, regardless of appearances. You walk by the guidance of your subconscious mind, because you know that the dawn appears and the shadows flee away.
Get A Vision
Instead of saying, “I am old,” say, “I am wise in the way of the divine life.” Don't let the corporation, newspapers or statistics hold a picture before you of old age, declining years, decrepitude, senility and uselessness. Reject it, for it is a lie. Refuse to be hypnotized by such propaganda. Affirm life not death. Get a vision of yourself as happy, radiant, successful, serene and powerful.
Your Mind Does Not Grow Old
Former President Herbert Hoover, now 88 years old, is very active and is performing monumental work. I interviewed him a few years ago in his suite at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City. I found him healthy, happy, vigorous and full of life and enthusiasm. He was keeping several secretaries busy handling his correspondence and was himself writing books of a political and historical nature. Like all great men, I found him affable, genial, amiable, loving and most understanding.
His mental acumen and sagacity gave me the thrill of a lifetime. He is a deeply religious man and is full of faith in God and in the triumph of the eternal truth of life. He was subjected to a barrage of criticism and condemnation in the years of the great depression, but he weathered the storm and did not grow old in hatred, resentment, ill will and bitterness. On the contrary, he went into the silence of his soul and communing with the divine presence within him, he found peace, which is the power at the heart of God.
His Mind Active At Ninety-Nine
My father learned the French language at 65 years of age, and became an authority on it at 70. He made a study of Gaelic when he was over 60, and became an acknowledge and famous teacher of the subject. He assisted my sister in a school of higher learning and continued to do so until he passed away at 99. His mind was as clear at 99 as it was when he was 20. Moreover, his handwriting and his reasoning powers had improved with age. Truly, you are as old as you think and feel.
We Need Our Senior Citizens
Marcus Porcius Cato, the Roman patriot, learned Greek at 80. Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink, the great German American contralto, reached the pinnacle of her musical success after she became a grandmother. It is wonderful to behold the accomplishments of the oldsters. General Douglas MacArthur, Harry S Truman, General Dwight David Eisenhower, and American financier, Bernard Baruch are interesting, active and contributing their talents and wisdom to the world.
The Greek philosopher, Socrates, learned to play musical instruments when he was 80 years old. Michelangelo was painting his greatest canvases at 80. At 80, Cios Simonides won the prize for poetry, Johann von Goethe finished Faust and Leopold von Ranke commenced hisHistory of the World, which he finished at 92.
Alfred Tennyson wrote a magnificent poem Crossing the Bar, at 83. Issac Newton was hard at work close to 85. At 88 John Wesley was directing, preaching and guiding Methodism. We have several men of 95 years who come to my lectures, and they tell me they are in better health now than they were at 20.
Let us place our senior citizens in high places and give them every opportunity to bring forth the flowers of Paradise.
If you are retired, get interested in the laws of life and the wonders of your subconscious mind. Do something you have always wanted to do. Study new subject and investigate new ideas.
Pray as follows: As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Psalm 42:1.
The Fruits Of Old Age
His flesh shall be fresher than a child's; he shall return to the days of his youth. Job 33:25.
Old age really means the contemplation of the truths of God from the highest standpoint. Realize that you are on an endless journey, a series of important steps in the ceaseless, tireless, endless ocean of life. Then, with the Psalmist you will say, They shall bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing. Psalm 92:14.
But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23.
You are a child of infinite life, which knows no end, and you are a child of eternity.
Profitable Pointers
1. Patience, kindness, love, good will, joy, happiness, wisdom and understanding are qualities which never grow old. Cultivate them and express them
