We said to her: You are right about one thing. Those years are lost
to you. The experiences you might have had are lost to you. That
particular form of your youth is gone. But you are wrong about
something very important -- the essence of your youth is not lost.
The spirit of youth, the gift of youth is still yours. You have
given up on it. You need to call it back into your life. Yes,
you have lost the old form of your youth, but you have not lost the 
heart and essence of youth.

We wish to tell this story because so many people think that they can never have back youth, trust, innocence, enthusiasm, family, connection, and so on. With this topic, we would like to say: You are right about one thing and wrong about another. You are right that the particular form of trust, connection, or even faith might be lost, broken, gone. But, you are wrong if you think that the essence of Trust, Faith, Youth, Love is lost to you. It awaits your invitation. Call back the spirit of Trust into your life. Call back the essence of Home into your life. Yes, the particular form of home may be lost to you, but the essence of Home, which is our true experience, can never be lost.

Look at your sadness and you will realize that the grief you feel is
about what you believe can never come back to you. It feels like
everything is lost forever. It is true, certain forms are gone
forever, but the spirit of youth, home, love, trust never leaves us,
it only awaits our invitation. We never lose the spirit of whatever
is dear to us, and, after all, it is the Spirit that sustains us.

For your consideration,

                                        -- The Guides