We are all born with wide-eyed．enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air，whatever their age．At 90，cellist(大提琴家)Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach．As the music flowed through his fingers．his bent shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes．As author and poet Samuel once wrote． “Years make the skin old．but to give up enthusiasm makes the soul old.”

　　Enthusiastic people also love" what they do，regardless of money，title or power． Patricia Mcllrath，retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm．She replied，“MY father．a 1awyer long ago told me．I never made a penny until I stopped working for money．”

　　If we cannot do what we love as a fulltime career，we can do it as a hobby．Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville，Kan，was 68 before she began to draw．T11is activity ended her sadness that had troubled her for at least 30 years and the quality of her work led one critic to say．“I am persuaded to call Layton a genius．”

　　We can’t afford to waste tears on“might-have-beens”．We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after“what-can-be”．We need to live each moment wholeheartedly，with all our senses—finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a backyard garden，the simple picture of a six-year-old．and the beauty of a rainbow．

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