Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Fountain of Youth

top: a Ted Trimmer Sunset




"Haku" Lei (on the head)

Boundary. See it?





Strutting Egret (at the busy Hilton beachfront)






"I have the world's largest collection of seashells. I keep it on all the beaches of the world... perhaps you've seen it." - Steven Wright



"He who knows best knows how little he knows." - Thomas Jefferson



"I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other." - Rainer Maria Rilke

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CHILDLIKE TRAITS ARE THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH!

Here are the "childlike" traits that the late anthropologist Ashley Montagu claimed would preserve youthfulness in adults:

· The need for love
· Friendship
· Sensitivity
· The need to think soundly
· The need to know
· The need to learn
· The need to work
· The need to organize
· Curiosity
· A sense of wonder
· Playfulness
· Imagination
· Creativity
· Open-mindedness
· Flexibility
· Experimental-mindedness
· Explorativeness
· Resiliency
· A sense of humor
· Joyfulness
· Laughter and tears
· Optimism
· Honesty and trust
· Compassionate intelligence
· Dance
· Song
Source: "Growing Young" by Ashley Montagu (Bergin & Garvey, 1988).