beauty fades by summerfield

beauty fades

"People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber. So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old. And then, indeed as the ballad says, you just fade away." Douglas MacArthur

i thought of this quote when i took this photo. then i forgot about the photo until tonight. believe it or not, i didn't take a single photo today even though i lugged my camera with me when i went to st. lawrence market. could it be that my interest in photography is waning?

not!

update: and then i forgot to upload my post. i must be getting old! see my either or october post if you are so inclined: http://365project.org/summerfield/365-again/2012-10-20

thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your kind views and comments; they are greatly appreciated.
great quote.. and love the bokeh, you made the dried up and dead look good... :-)
October 22nd, 2012  
@cheribug - i should've been a mortician then! :-) thank you, my cheribug.
October 22nd, 2012  
Humor also keeps the heart young! This is sort of a sad little cluster but the bokeh is very pretty!
October 22nd, 2012  
Spectacular bokeh! Wonderful quote!
October 22nd, 2012  
Great quote. Great focus. Great bokeh.
October 22nd, 2012  
Wonderful focus, very cool bokeh!
October 22nd, 2012  
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