The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1876-05-20
GETTING READY

probably used as much in every
day life, as any other. 1t is al
ways handy, in answer to com
mon question that is asked every
day and everywhere. If friend
or neighbor asks another why he
don't do certain thing which it
seems ought to be done, and the
answer comes, col am gust get,
ting ready" And in many cases
he keeps on getting ready and
the thing never is done. 1t is
best of course, to wait until we
are ready before embarking in
any undertaking, but this habit
that many men have, of eternally
waiting and never getting ready.
is almost as demoralizing as that
of the man who listlessly sits
down and "waits for something
to turn up" In such cases it sell
dom turns up. When a man &C.
quires the habit of heSitancy and
inability to decide upon anything,
it Invariably grows upon him un-
til he cannot make up his mind
what course to pursue, and is like
/ hungry iackass placed between
two stacks of hay, exactly alike,
he views them both alternately,
but being unable to make up his
mind which to attack. he starves
to death between them. There
may be cases apparently so equal
ly balanced that it is Very dific uIt
for a man to decide which course
is best to pursue, but it will not do
to be eternally hesitating. 1t is
better to pitch in and try, even
though failure should be the re-
suit. The poet says:
"'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at ALL"
And we believe it, for we have
tried it. And we also believe
that:
IT'S better TO have tried and failed
Than never to have tried at all.
CHATS Originally and just as
good as that other poet got off. A
great many people are always get
ting ready, but never are ready.
Wake up man Stir around and
try something before getting rea-
dy becomes chronic and inertia
fastens upon your miserable frame
and your hand or foot will not
obey the impulse of your sluggish
mind. For then it will be all ov-
er with you and you never can
get ready. Ifyou don't succeed
in one thing try another; if one
place don't suit you "git up and
git," and try another. In Hudi-
bras we read that fine old pro-
verb:
HE who fights and runs away
May live to fight another day,
But he who is in battle slain
Will never live TO fight again"
To which we add:
And he who's always getting ready
Finds mind and legs still more unsteady,
Till when he would, he cannot go,
Not even ready to go below.
Chats original too, and just as
good as old Buffers Hudibras.)
We do not mean to advocate the
insane habit that some men have,
of rushing recklessly into any and
every thing, without considera-
ton and without reason, for we
believe that men should always
look before they leap, but even
that class of men do more for
themselves and for the world than
the inert class, who never get rea-
dy to do anything. We believe
in the injunction, (and this is not
original, for we find it in an old
book called the Bible,) "be we al
ways ready" Men of Arizona,
it is sometimes hard in a new
country like this, to determine
what is best for each of us to do to
promote our own welfare and the
general prosperity of the Terri
tory, but let us pitch in and all do
something with energy and per-
severance, and not spend a whole