The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-06-08
Don't be Discouraged.

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1t will not do, in the outset Of life to
become discouraged and give up the
struggle because things do not 20 on as
smoothly rs we had anticipated Some
OF the grandest achievements the world
mas ever known have been accomplishe ed
IN the face of the most untoward circum.
stances and surroundings. There arc
very many of the difficulties and rough
places in life that patience and perse
Verance will overcome. 1t seldom hap.
pens that the hopes wo cherish of the
future are fully realized. The path OF
iife, from youthful standpoint and
through young spectacles, appears smooth
enough, but, VIXEN we come to travel it.
we ind it an uphill business, and often
rough, rugged and steep.
The journey of life, to most of uo. is
iaiborious and discouraging enough under
the most favorable circumstances. and
whether poor or wealthy, high or low.
we Will not find things as highly colored
as our youthful history painted them. It
Is not veil to be too sangnine, and then
when disappointment comes ii will not be
with such crushing force and demolish.
Ing, power. To accept the situation and
endure cheerfully what must be. and el-
DOW our way as easily as we can, hoping
Tor little, yet striving for much, is per.
maps the legal philosophy of life. But
don't be discouraged if occasionally YOU
are tripped up by the way and your
feiiows are likely to outstrip you in the
race; In other words, be supreme over
your accidents and don't let q failure or
TWO dishearten you. Misfortuues come to
all alike; miscalculations will sometimes
be made; things will often turn out diff.
erently to what we had right to expect,
and we may be the sufferers in the end.
1t would be we'll TO remember that
tickle fortune is like 4 pril skies, some.
times cloudy and sometimes clear, with
| alternate storm and calm, sunshine and
rain. Under these circumstances. it
would be folly to despair of again seeing
the sun because to-day is dark and lower
ing; so it is equally unwise to yield to
despondency when fortune frowns, since.
in the common course of things, she
may be surely expected to smile again.
The people of the world are sometimes
IS deceptive as its promises and pros
pects, and we find ourselves deceived in
TINS respect we must not despair Of find
ing friends who will be as true in adver-
sity as in prosperity. 1t is peculiarly
painful to have friend desert or be-
tray us, but it is pleasing to realize the
fact that there are those that will not.
Men are not always what they seem to
be. Some may appear to be your
friends from interested motives, or rs a
matter OF policy, and when their ends are
answere! they will change or desert you,
and, perhaps, even become your enc.
| mics.
1t sometimes happens that men, for
purpose, wear borrowed characters and
faces, and represent part in the drama
of life that is not strictly their own, and
those that have stood fairest before the
world are often the least worthy to be
trusted. All is not gold that glitters, and
mems characters are sometimes as differ
ent as their faces. With this condition
of things and with these facts before us,
We may expect to meet with deceit and
hypocrisy, and it might be we'll for us
to prepare ourselves for it in advance
Experience and intercourse with the
world will teach q person many useful
lessons, and sometimes at the expense OF
faith in the reliability and trustworthi-
ness Of human nature. If we once have
our confidence shaken by some overt act
Of deception, it can scarcely ever be re.
stored. We will always be suspicious and
looking for n repetition Of the ungenerous
and cruel act.
From sources such as these you may
be most unexpectedly deceived, and most
people would naturally vince and fee
sore under the inhiction, but they must
get used to it and not take it too serious
ly to heart. With the path ofduty open be
fore you, all you have to do is to 60 steadily
forward, consulting your own conscience
and interest rather than the opinions Of
men, though the last is not to be disre.
garded. BE Industrious, frugal and hon
est, and deal kindly and fairly with all,
exercising kindly and forgiving spirit
in all your intercourse, and If you do moi
prosper as rapidly as your neighbors, you
may rest assured that you will be as hap
py with what you may have.