The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Youth is naturally inclined to be sociable. If it is not so it means something is wrong, for it is most desirable for a youth to make friends and to show reciprocity in friendship, in love, or in courtship, and to show courtesy, kindness, and goodwill. Joining youth associations, looking after one's friends and relatives, giving them welcome and warmth, is something that is expected of the youth. There is, however, always a danger for the youth who is sociable and mixes freely in all circles whether desirable or undesirable. Youth is to some extent a time of blindness, when the passions and emotions are in full play. It is just as easy for a youth to take a wrong direction, as it is for him to take a right direction; and a growing youth, full of enthusiasm, overcome with emotion, and eager to experience anything new and interesting, may take any road in life opened to him by his friends. Therefore it is the duty of the guardians to keep him away from all undesirable influences, without giving the slightest idea that they control him and his affairs or deprive him of his freedom.


 
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