It does not stand after years of abuse.

It does not spring up in the night after a long season of neglect and ill-health.
All of us possess it in varying ways.

That fact ought to convince us that we can get hold of ourselves and build up that which nature has given us, rather than allow it to die away.

We all have a certain amount of energy ...

_why shouldn't we all be successes_?
We might to a certain extent, but that doesn't mean that we shall all get rich in the money sense of the world.
When we say: "Why shouldn't we all be successes ?" we do not mean that everybody in the world must be greedy for money, nor for power and position.