The Dillon tribune., 1883-08-18
Little Things.

Life is made up of great variety O,
things that call for our attention. IA we
pass along, and it is not strange amid
the hurry, hustle, and mis- o,1cention vi
life that many things are wholly neg
lected but while we see this neglect On
every side, if we study the matt closely
we will find that the little things of life
are more frequently left undone than the
greater things.
While many are willing to grasp large
opportunities which seem to off-r GREAT
Inducements to riches, how few are
making use of the common opportuni-
ties that present themselves at everv
st of life. If we could always see re.
suits before We act, how different gen.
orally would be our lie of action for
tae smallest opportunity, richly i'm.
proved, often results in great and lasting
good and can not fail of some degree of
success.
How often we see the little things of
life ignored in the home circle, while
every wish may be gratitied as far as
ply zeal comfort is concerned, though it
may have cost great labor; how often
we see those things that 60 to make
home happy grudgingly gwen. Kind
words are little things, but how often
do harsh, unkind ones take their place.
1t Is strange that we so often hear harsh,
tLoughtless words at home from those
VINO are always kind and confederate to
strangers, but that this is true is an evil
dent TACT.
Home, though filled with little things,
is a place of grand opportunities, and
'hatone who is conscient ously trying
to improve them, is doing an amending
work for good. H arts are receiving im-
pressions-good or bad-are being made
happier or sadder, each day, by the &C.
ton Of those at home.
Parents, worried and absorbed with
the business of life, too often make home
unattractive to their children by making
them feel that they reprv s mt simply
burdens in the household. The heat is
of children are sensitive, and older ones
should always be considerate in their
actions toward them. They should be
male to feel that they are of some inl-
portance at bone, in order that they may
become so attached to it that it will be
to them safeguard and refuge from the
many pitfalls that beset their youthful
steps. The opportunity of parents in
tn s direction is of vast and immeasura-
bic Importance, and if rightly improved
will more than repay in years yet to
come.
The children of the home circle, as
they grow to years of accountability, are
not left without responsibility in this
direction. How often is the joy and
comfort of home blighted by the unkind
and disobedient acts OF children who
wholly disregard their great opportuni-
ties for good and heap disllonor on their
parents. But there are those who shed
hight and joy wherever they 60 by their
unit, rmly kind words and acts, whose
chief aim it seems to be to make
others happy; and what centers of Joy
they are in the home circle. The little
thugs that they have observed have
resulted in a grand aggregate of good
that is browning their parents with
homer and making their own hearts hap
pier and better.
There are always men and women
raised up for the grander and greater
&C. i.vements of life, and while there is
much Success in this direction, it can
never accomplish the whole work for
lle, FIR If; is made up mainly of little
things, and it is those that are most
likely TO be neglected..
We may not all have equal opportuni-
ties Of doing good at home, but we have
something to DO to make that home hap
ii and if we are doing it to the best
Of our ability we are meeting all that Is
lrqu r,d. If in the daily walk Of life we
would pay more attention to the little
Things there would be fever great
things d man ing our consideration
AUJ)rie.