The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-08-24
CULTIVATE CHEERFULNE SS.

IF pve but n4ale up ,.,i4ade DO it,-u c
can be cheerful underany circumstances, ne
matter how adverse and discouraging they
may appear for the time being. And by
how much we do this, by SO much we in
crease our own and the happiness of those
around US. Charles Lamb used to say
that 6 a laugh is worth a thousand groans
In any state of the market" DR.. johnson
maintained that the habit of looking on
the bright side of every thing was /" bet.
ter than $4,000 salary year, Cheerful.
ness and diligence, says Samuel Smiles,
are the life and soul of success, as we'll as
of happiness; perhaps the very highest
pleasure in life consists in clear, brisk,
conscious working. Bishop Hall wrote
" For every bad there might be worse
and when one breaks his leg, let him be
thankful that 1t was not his neck" There
are few, ii any, persons who find things
just as they would like to have them.
Annoyances, vexations and trials are in
cident to the life of every one We may
allow them to constantly fret and irritate
Us, souring our dispositions and making
US unhappy generally, or we can rise
above them and be cheerful in spite of
them.
1t should be the aim Of all to cultivate
habit of cheerfulness to look upon the
virtues and not the faults of those around
them; to refrain from brooding over the
past, and study how the future may be
made bright and CHEEKY We should keep
depression and low spirits at distance,
and not permit ourselves to indulge in
melancholy moods or repiniags because
matters are not SO and SO. f
In this busy, busting period, there is
great danger OF men being worried by
the friction and wear and tear of business
life into a chronic condition of irritable
ty and peevishness. In their eagerness
to acquire wealth, they overtax their en-
ergies encroach upon the necessary hours
of sleep, and become fretful, fdgety, and
waspish. Those in large cities part;cu-
larry should be on their guard against
falling into this condition of constant
anxiety and apprehension lest something
is going wrong. 1t is an excellent reso-
luton which some make to leave the
shop" behind them when returning
home at night, to dispel all thoughts OF
the days cares and anxieties, and surren-
der themselves to the soothing, quietinp
influences which should be found in ev
cry family circle Whoever will do this
is bound to be cheerful. Rest, recreation
and participation in amusements were de-
signed by our Creator to counteract the
effect of hard labor to the mind and BODY.
Whoever refuses to recognize this fact
and conform to it, will suffer both men
tally and physically. How much better
it is to pass down TO old age with limi.
ted competence, feeling that he has en-
Logged life and contributed to the enioy.
ment of others, than to secure riches at
the sacrifice of all the better instincts of
nature and all enjoyment! There is no
more pitiable object in the world than the
sordid, Grabbed old man who has devoted
lifetime to money getting simply, and
sacrificed every trait of manhood in his
[endeavors.
AS cheerfulness is essential to happi-
ness, SO regular habits and plenty of sleep
are essential to cheerfulnese. We can not
violate physical laws with impunity. The
Almighty has arranged in his physical
autonomy that his creatures must have so