The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-20

AnticipatiIg Trouble.
Some people suffer . great deal more
from the anticipation OF trouble than
thew do from any actual calamities. II
everything is going on well in mans
affairs, he tells you that . change must
come before long. II IS clear in tho
morning. it Is certain that there win be
q storm before night; II it Is clear in the
evening: it win rain before morning. In
q certain state of mind there Is . morbid
hankering after sympathy. One may
resent it as an-insult il You tell him how
strong and hearty helooks. 1t you con-
graduate him ON his worldly prosperity,
he suggests, with q sigh, that things
may not be as favorable - they seem.
If there is dark side to anything, he is
certain to find it out. The songs OF the
spring time are only preludes to the
wailing winds of autumn, which will
come very soon.
The sentimental affection of unhap-
piness does not deserve to be treated
with much respect; but the case is diff
ferent when, from some physical or
moral cause, one is given over to .
gloomy and respondent mind. Abuoy-
ant disposition cannot be induced by an
act of the will, or manufactured to Or
der. To tell certain persons that it is
their duty to be cheerful is like telling
an owl or q raven that he ought to
smile. And vet, indirectly, . degree OF
cheerfulness may be attained by those
who seem to be victim of melanchoGc
temperament. Perhaps they eat and
drink too much, or study and work too
hard, and take too little exercise. Some
persons speculate themselves into misery,
and their pessimistic theories shroud the
universe in gloom. They have lost their
faith, and so have lost everything which
makes life worth living. ! wonder that
such people ever smile. They have no
right to be happy.
Returning now to the special unwis-
dom of anticipating trouble, it is well to
notice that troubles rarely come at the
time and in the precise form which were
apprehended. The disease which fast
ems itself upon Us is very likely to be
something Of which we never dreamed.
The traps in which business men are
, caught may be sprung in places that
were thought most secure. Where q
, man expects to fail he may succeed best |;
and where he supposed he. was sure to
succeed, he may ind himself laid pros
| trate. 1t is the bit of ice that we do not
! see which is most likely to trip Us up. If
/ the lightning strikes, it is in quarter
/ where it was not expected. And the
, particular worriments that make US mis-
{ cradle to-day. month hence may ap-.
. pear very trifling and absurd. Many OF
: the, trials that we brood over, in the
: dyspeptic watches of the night, vanish
: with the rising of the sun.
r Then, again, the real trouble, when 1t
q comes, may be much easier to bear than
. we had anticipated. After being tor.
+ mented for long time with dread and
4 apprehension, after the crisis is passed
4 and the blow has fallen we resign our
a selves to it with wonderful patience
!. This is particularly true in respect o.
"a pecuniary losses, the fear of which
a causes so much bitter suffering. Tht
# man who tossed for many weary month
10 on an uneasy and sleepless couch, MAY
A. Gle down to pleasant Dreams after thu
n crash is over. It has often been sale
= that there is no agony like that of sus
ID pense. The marching into battle trie
the nerves more than the rattle of mus
m kerry and the groans of the dying ate
II the fight has begun. You hold you
n breath while you are reading . lette
4 upon which your destiny hangs, but al
or ter it is finished, and your destiny is de
ed termined, the lungs resume their naturs
~ beat. In many cases, when you ar
lv brought face to face with q trial whic
nj you dreaded most keenly, You find tha
an after all there is a way to extricste YOU
he self. The emergency brings into pla
mt faculties of the mind that were dormar
al. while you were brooding over the in
b. pending calamity.
;lv It is still further to be considered thu
Is. nothing is gained by the vague anticip'
nd ton of trouble. It is true that ''tO b
af. fore warned Is to be fore-armed," but
am not speaking of those calamiti'
which mi Pit be averted if due cautio
were taken, but of such as are inevitable
if thew occur at all. Every man is ce
tain. that, sooner or later, certain thing
mr. must happen to him which he has eau
gh to dread; but it would be very unwise
INK allow these foreshadowings of the futul
lge to envelOp our daily walks with gloon
| KNOW bU0tS WA1nAA q AAAAAsONA ntAAAASSA
re- wears. must either have closed my ey
Cd, mon all that is fair and beautiful he
be- on earth or else live on beyond Il
ed, allotted span of life-a poor, shattert
10 wreck, q burden to myself and an il
his cumbrance to my friends; because
eat this certain knowledge, shall l 60 abo
3D. crouching and grooming all the liveiol
up day? must either leave those who .
ntn near and dear to me here on earth
nat they must leave me; but may l n
It enjoy their company and friendship
De. long as the light continues to shine?
as And, finally, we must remember th
out the anticipation and fear of trouble m
'eai precipitate q calamity that might oths
ma wise have been avoided. Imagina
ore troubles, after . while, may
Dy come real. The dread Of . pr
Is ticular disease often induces it. Ma
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