Weekly Thoughts

Many people are unhappy because they have a fear of growing old. To them, even their birthday becomes an occasion for grief. But age is a state of mind. Our spirit need not grow old. What we should dread is the wrinkles of the mind, not the wrinkles of the body. A woman said, "I am 75 years young and it is wonderful to still be so young."

Thoughts by the late Rev. Paul Osumi are selected weekly by his family.