My Youthful Philosophy

As I listened to NPR today I heard their series on "This I Believe", and one of the excerpts they aired especially caught my attention. This 16 year old girl's words were so thoughtful and honest,

"This is my youthful philosophy, a simple, liberal and optimistic feeling, though I fear I shall lose some of it as I become more adult. Already, the thought that the traditional thinkers might be right, after all, and I wrong, has made me waver. Still, these are my beliefs at sixteen. If I am mistaken, I am too young to realize my error. Sometimes, in a moment of mental despair, I think of the words, "God loves an honest doubter," and I am comforted."

Check the rest out, they are pretty interesting, they have personal credos like this from Albert Einstein to 16 year old girls.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4538100