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Overthecourseoftheschoolyear，Rosebecameacamusiconandeasilymadefriendswherevershewent。Shelovedtodressuandshereveledintheattentionbestoweduonherfromtheotherstudents。Shewaslivingitu。
AttheendofthesemesterweinvitedRosetoseakatourfootballbanquetandIllneverforgetwhatshetaughtus。Shewasintroducedandsteedutotheodium。Asshebegantodeliverherrearedseech，shedroedherthree-by-fivecardsonthefloor。Frustratedandabitembarrassed，sheleanedintothemicrohoneandsimlysaid，“ImsorryImsojittery。IgaveubeerforLentandthiswhiskeyiskillingme!IllnevergetmyseechbackinordersoletmejusttellyouwhatIknow。”Aswelaughed，sheclearedherthroatandbegan:
“Wedonotstolayingbecauseweareold;wegrowoldbecausewestolaying。Thereareonlyfoursecretstostayingyoung，beinghayandachievingsuccess。
“Youhavetolaughandfindhumoreachandeveryday。
“Youvegottohaveadream。Whenyouloseyourdreams，youdie。
“Thereisagiantdifferencebetweengrowingolderandgrowingu。Ifyouarenineteenyearsoldandlieinbedforonefullyearanddontdooneroductivething，youwillturntwentyyearsold。IfIameighty-sevenyearsoldandstayinbedforayearandneverdoanythingIwillturneighty-eight。Anybodycangrowolder。Thatdoesnttakeanytalentorability。Theideaistogrowubyalwaysfindingtheoortunityinchange。
“Havenoregrets。Theelderlyusuallydonthaveregretsforwhatwedid，butratherforthingswedidnotdo。Theonlyeolewhofeardeatharethosewithregrets。”
Sheconcludedherseechbycourageouslysinging“TheRose”。Shechallengedeachofustostudythelyricsandlivethemoutinourdailylives。
Atyearsend，Rosefinishedthecollegedegreeshehadbegunallthoseyearsago。OneweekaftergraduationRosediedeacefullyinherslee。Overtwothousandcollegestudentsattendedherfuneralintributetothewonderfulwomanwhotaughtbyexamlethatitsnevertoolatetobeallyoucanossiblybe。
