To Our Readers

Cyril Rakhmanoff

Children! To them , life is full of promise and seems eternal. How could they possibly entertain thoughts of limitation or decline? Age does not enter into the equation for them. Newness, perpetual discovery, is all they know.

To view the world through the eyes of a child is to perceive the beauty and continuity of life. The stars shining brightly in the night, the renewal of nature through the cycles of the seasons, the majestic rock face of a high mountain, all speak of the permanence and grandeur of the universe. Each one of us belongs to this universe. Continuity, not decline, is its characteristic.

But what of the passing of years? Is it not taking something away from us? Not if we are looking in the right direction. The passing of years cannot take away from us what is truly substantial and good in our life. It cannot take away our yearning to keep learning and growing. And it surely cannot take away our moral sense, our determination to live with honesty, according to God's law, and with consideration for others.

Some, however, worry that as we go on, maintaining our health might become more challenging. Yet there, too, we can discover so much. We can learn more of the spiritual nature of the universe we are in, and of our own spiritual nature. And this will bring an increasing sense of well-being that leads to health, not to decline.

Our Cover Story by Kay Ramsdell Olson speaks of the powerlessness of years to rob us of life in all its freshness and continuity. This is a vision for each of us to cherish.

Cyril Rakhmanoff
Associate Editor

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