The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-01-17
Up IN THE MORNING.
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Up IN THE MORNING.
the o doubt that if an instru-
rye he invented to induce the
L. '"'n' gees of difficulty people en-
nth getting out of bed in the
Fait Pe''' would have to be graduated
l'te 'O Up to a very high figure indeed
nat -, sons know absolutely nothing
are Tificulty Of the sort they turn
men d with the alacrity of bird,
", n that it is time to get up, while
AVE to fight battle more or less
lore .he moment they open their eyes
Mn morning.
ght purposely describe the difficulty as
ney f getting out of bed, because it is
adj cry great extent mechanical diff
lear When a man was once rallying
est her Oh his weakness in this respect,
lich aid, "Why don't you make up your
mefd to it." The reply was, Make up
If mind to it! oh, that is easy enough;
alave done that hundred times: but
SHAT can't manage is to make up my
reody to it,
: A person goes to bed with his mind
fully made up to rise in the Vorning at
the proper time, whenever that may be.
He knows very well he ought to do it,
and that it will be better for him in every
way if he does do it. Intrenched in this
virtuous resolution, he falls asleep; but
when he awakes a dull sense of incrtness
weighs him down, and if he stops to
think about getting up, he finds that
inclination has usurped the place of rca-
son, and that if there is one thing under
the sun more ridiculous than another, it
is the idea of getting out of bed just then.
The contrast between resolution at night
and inability in the morning is not always
So vivid as this, for some are not very
much in earnest in their resolution, and
others are not so heavily weighted with
incapacity: but the very extremity of
the case may serve to bring out the bet
ter the force Of the distinction drawn by
the lazy man. that the real difficulty is 10
make up your body to tin fact, to get
out of bed. Resolution is like the pow
der in the loaded cannon; 1t will propel
the ball if only it take fire; but If the
| powder become damp, the ball will never
move an inch And there is something
in the mists of night that seems to damn
the resolution of 4 good many, so that il
hangs fire. and they remain in bed whel
they really intended to get up. SO pow
erless often is resolution at the wakin!
hour. that we have heard of a man who's
determination to get up was so decide,
that he contrived a machine to pull tn
clothes off him at certain hour, actual.
getting out of bed only to put them bacl
and get in again.
The hour Of rising has not SO much t
do with the difficulty as is commonl
thought. No doubt when the morning
are dark and cold and dreary, the diff
Guilty is increased, and to some people
is inexpressibly disagreeable to turn on
of a warm bed into the chill of a Nintl
atmosphere. But nevertheless we al
very much disposed to think that whcl
there is any difficulty of the kind, it is
the main the same whether We get up a
six o'clock OF nine. There is a plunge
be made at last, even by the most il
veterate lic-abed, and the only reaso
why he gets up at all is because he fee
he must make the plunge. Early risin
is indispensable to some, even when NJ
: absolutely necessary is healthiul and
many ways advantageous, but not to al
Some may get up all their life at lat'
hour than others, and be just as healtl
: and fulfill their duties quite as well as
they got up earlier. Every one mu
Judge for himself when it would be be
for him to rise. We can not lay dow
any particular hour, and say that
: without exception are bound to get
; then Nor must it be forgotten tn
the hour of rising must be compare
with the hour of going to bed. Many
II a longer days work than others who a
c out of bed before them; whether tn
e would do better one if they both 70
d and went to bed earlier, is question til
it can not be answered with authority.
Y that we will leave undetermined the no
;. when we ought to get up, and slml
II take for granted-what is undeniable
n that there is Il time for each of us; a
's what we say is that, whatever that til
ID he. whether earlier or later. if We {
IS pcrience any difficulty in the matter, t
Is best way to overcome it is, not to g
ar ones self time to think about it, b
to instantly and mechanically to get out
IL bed.
L This may seem truism, and it woi
y indeed be nothing better if we meant
tie speak of it as an infallible specific
as the difficulty in question. What
ne mean rather is to point out that, i'll t
ny ING to overcome the difficulty, the nea
eli we approximate 10 Il llicCIstHlCdl dCt,
Id more likely we shall be to succeed
"a There must of course be an effort Of
er will. but it should be an instantane'
ce effort. there should be no dcliberation
&c the subject, no time given to mediate
It. the propriety or otherwise of getting
nd no going over in our mind the pros ;
Pr cons of the question.
II. The weakness of resolution which 50
10 experience in their waking moments
'u- not unfrequently to be accounted for
he this fact that they are then almost
no capable of thinking except in distor
Is way. 1t may appear ridiculous to til
ed healthy brd-like risers who invaria
no awake with mind and body alike CO
&C. pletcly invigorated: but it is certain t
good many people awake with Sc
of WEAKNESS. beclouded mind, feel
of being only half alive, which, altho'
their sleep may have been sound
have really done them good, and altho,