Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-04
FRET AND WORRY.
The Most Subtle Enemies OF Sue
cess In This World

cess In This World
The most subtle enemy 70 success Is
4reteing. At the same time il 10 the
most plausible. Not the idle, III
tempered indufgepce which we call
''scoiding." but the vague worry that
finds ready excuse N fatigue or Ill
health or in anxiety about 'rhe meat
which perisheth;" for not even the
genius Is above substantial necessities
1t Is not possible 90 do ones best work
while discomfort Is sapping the vigor
of the mind Preoccupation Is fatal to
honest thinking. What sort of mental
work can we expect of o man who Ia
engaged In taking account of the
stock of his own grievances? And yet
there are plenty of men and women
who begin each days task under Just
such conditions and wonder why they
fail Signing over things that have been
left undone and shrinking from the
host of duties advancing upon them
they stand in pause where they shall
first begin, and both neglect"
Untramrneled by worry. fretting.
borrowing trouble-whatever you
choose TO call it-life would be re-
heved Of half it's friction. 1t Is like the
dust In the wheel or dust In the watch.
From whatever cause. however ex-
cussbie, IL Ii . wcAriness and snare.
Hands stifened with cold are not dcft.
The voice roughened with weeping Is
incapable Of pleasant tones. In either
case the remedy suggests itself. A So
ciety woman noted for her kind and
charita Sle temper was asked how she
managed to be SO amiable under all
circumstances In this gossiping,
naughty world at Is too much
trouble to find fault" she made
answer. IT should always be unhappy
II thought i'll OF my friends, and life
is too short for that" Another woman
who lived by the use of her facile pen
was heard to say that although she had
taken many lessons in poverty and dis
appointment, she could not afford 70
be nl-natured or Respondent because
she would DO untitled to earn her own
living II she were unhappy.
The farmer puts in his crops "come
wind or come weather." and no who
lives by the sweat Of his brow" must
inure himself 10 every variety Of
change.
"A merry heart goes MI tho dsN
Your SAD tires In nile"
Il takes sunshine to print . photo
graph Cheeriness viii bring out the
best that is in man. Moro. 1t will
permeate his work Did you ever notice
the difference in the sound Of the same
message delivered by two persons?
The writings Of the prophet jeremiah
have SD strong flavor OF melancholy
that his very name is the synonym Of
dependency. We find there no lack of
strength or symmetry or gentleness,
but tho healthy mind would vastly
rather read the same message In the
prophecy OF Isaiah. There is the ring
of promise in it. Isaiah seemed to tako
for granted that his expostulation
would not be In vain. jeremiah. on
the other hand, scarcely appeared To
hope that his adfmouition would be
needed. II is simply the man that
shines out in his work.
Miss Alcott is one of the few women
who could so divest herself of all irritav
ton and discomfort as TO be able To
write healthily and brightly under the
most trying circumstances. Through
out her books-even In her pathetic
journsl-therc Is vein OF CHEEKY cour-
age which certainly was not the natur-
nj result OF her carly life.
Borrowed trouble Is a hard 70 bear
in anticipation "a real trouble. A little
girl was given cart and pony and
taught To drive The first time she
went out by herself her eye ran down
the wide village street, busy with all
sorts of vehicles, and the sight ovcrcano
her with alarm How could she ever
get safely through such tangle' she
asked herself. and dropping the reins.
she screamed with fright A passing
neighbor went 20 her relief and sought
10 quiet her fears 81 am so afraid TO
drive through the crowd" she answered.
'sBut there il no crowd" the friend
urged These wagons are a long way
of and they win only come to meet you
few At tina Besides. some of them
are going the other way" Thus en-
Outraged. the child drove on in
confidence unframed So we. see
ing all that lies before Us. fancy
it already here. aud. cowsrdlfke.
refusc 20 be conforted. Much Of this
may be endured. much can be cured.
Indeed. an inclined To think that
after all our apprehensions are fictitious.
We gauge our obligations and RESPONSE
hilitics rather BIZ our own estimate Of
cur own value than By the positive. ex-
pressed demands which others make
upon our time and service There is an
fnsidious qualification IN The feeling
THAT On ones self depends The machinery
Of an important undertaking. Suppose
n were true. Suppose We ARE necessary
20 society to-day: II IL humilistiaz
shourht sha. we're we % drop ont 20
rrcvrov another would speedily be
found inst a. competent - fiji The va
can't place. IN frvttine over our csres
are W. uoe misunderstanding the value
of the life which places fts commands
upon u.s. Fancy what that would h.
were the necessity for ourselves hut rr-
rncvsdi Did NJ cns clssnn ore kindly
csface st cur hands, DID no pressing
eacarenents vie with each ether for
euy snei
Perhaps The novice i less likely ~
eaii into The hafsft ~ frettinz than ne
~he has slres.iV p-oved his power ard
chafes ~ the hts2e duties add INTER