Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-05-24
AN uNPRofI4AeLE HABIT.
Persons Addicted TO Day-DreomInc Car
Not Mako Life Successful.

iNOI nAuhO AILo ouCCe1SIul.
Tho reason why SO many people find
their work distasteful is because thcy
havo allowed themselves to become VIC
tins to tho habit Of day-drcaming, says
tho Minneapolis Household 1t is O
Wonderful thing to DO imaginative. Tho
ono who is so gifted finds tho iolting
along lifo's highway much castor to
bear than no who stolidly cndurcs it
without, tho aid of any sort of an air
cushion. 1t is wise to cultivate tho i'm
aginativo faculty; but no makes O mis-
take who allows that faculty to cxpcnd
itsclfin tho narrow channel Of day.
dreaping whcro it must do harm to
himself and benefit no ono. Thcro arc
few who are not moro or less addicted
to tho habit Of day-drcaming. It is sort
of brain. disorder for which the patient
mnst bo'his own physician. Or it may
be compared to tho habit of opium cat
ing, for.though its effects aro not SO ter
riblc, it 10 quito as hard to got rid of.
1t is particularly doplorablc when it be-
comes fixed upon tho houscllccpor, for
1t not only tends to mako her discon-
tented with her lot, but impresscs upon
her tho hopclcssncss of all ondoavor to
shake of tho burden which ohe finds SO
wcari5omc. Ono may always know such
day-drcan1cr by tho expression of her
countonancc aG 3ho goes about her work,
and by tho manner of hor porto: manco
of 1t. Shc .frots over ovcry demand
madc upon hor efforts, and counts as
lost cvcrf effort which fails to bring as
grcaJ rewards % sho has convinced
herself iG' should. Like all habits it's
CO.
tho victim does not hood them; its warn
lngs arc given with silver tongue that
Is pleasant to listen to, and later, though
Its oncroGchcs may cause displ casuro,
thoy arc so laado that no complaint can
DO urged against thom. The victim be-
gins by wishing hor work was done;
there IS no harm in that; sho might do
80 cvcn If Gho wcro. in no danger Of be-
coming y day dreamer. Sho then wishes
sho were not obliged to work at all; but
what exception can DO taken to that?
1t Is surely = worry natural expression of
ono who has SO much to do. Sho thinks
what hcr Ii . might be, if 8ho wcrc not
obliged to drudge; how much moro full
and beautiful it would have boon had
she not DuE herself in her present posi-
ton. No doubt ontcr3 her mind that
she Is fitted by nature for tho idocl
lifc-tho lifo which is somehow to DO
v3ry bright and useful and full Of inspir-
alton for others, but which is also to DO
I'm 5ramInclcd by work. Such thought
is no1%cry.o9hSistcft reason. but
II it gives her pleasure, whore lies. tho
HARM Is tho worry natural question. 1t
10 hard to 500 tho danger il day dream
lHS oN1n %lqn it IrSa3hc1 this STAGE.
Tho patient becomes intoxicated with
tho plOtAfh, ri thaBilcal lifS md Of hcr-
self as tho center of it. Day by dsy it
fG9tcn4 i.Iolf moro securely upon her.
Every annoyance Causes ho7 to loso hcr-
self ii il, a.i the opium eater forgct3 his
troubles while under tho influence of tho
b2nurlbinG drug.
"Nhcro is tho harm so long as it rivcs
hor pleasure. and cqnGoG hor to forgot
nor present unhapplncss?" Tho oucs-
ton Is continually presenting ITSELF
There IS no moro reason a!ll lust as
much nonsense in such Q%cstion9 when
applied TO Tho dGy-droanicr as when ap-
piled ID tho opiu:n-o3tor. Thcro is no
+ "o,3rosG, no growth, no earnest reach
ing ont aGtcr boGtor thinc3, no nttonDS
to turn tho present unhappino3s into o
present joy-nothing bat an idle gazing
ut an illusion.
Tho'5,ictia, living in hor imaGinory
st@to Of ca3o and TrGndcur, io guddonly
called to caroh by some duty moro i'm
rorLnnant than tho roGt. How docs sho
boar it?
Tho change from this fairyland Of
fancy TO tho land OF reality docs not
tend TO mako tho latter more cndurablo.
Tho timo spent il dreaming docs not
qualify tho dreamer to catch up with
tho work which she thereby neglected,
or mako hor loss inpatient over the an
noyanccs which always keep company
with neglected duties.
D"J-droaraors Go not olways hovo
pleasant dreams. Often they pause in
thcir work to magnify o littlo diecoru-
fort or trouble, until thoy havo i1nar-
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