Youth is for the young. Getting older is something that should be embraced celebrated, loved even, for that is after all reality, we age. Perhaps there is a reason for this, aging. Maybe life is set up so that as we get older we can have more time to seek more important pass times, more fulfilling and meaningful for that specific time of life. Yes we are slowly backed in corners as the years pile up, but for those with faith this should be an invitation to a deeper delving into the reality of their own inner life. A life of the spirit; which in the end allows one to remain young and vibrant, just not in the superficial way that our commodity driven culture presents it; that entails an element of self rejection. For joy makes one young, a letting go of fear allows acceptance of others to flower; for in the end, it is love that we are called to emulate, to see the true uniqueness of others, their true beauty that goes deeper than make up, or the perfect body.
Br. Mark Dohle, OCSO
Holy Spirit Monastery
