The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-02-16
HABITuAL cHEERFuLNEss.
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HABITuAL cHEERFuLNEss.
e = . Mature Highly to b Desired and
Cultivated.
Good nature-that Il, inherent, in.
born cheerfulness-is ono of the most
desirable of mental characteristics. One
possessed Of natural temperament
that inciines to make the bright and
pleasant side Of life predominate and
prevail above and beyond the dark and
seamy side il indeed to be envied.
To some, CHEEKY, optimistic disposi.
tion comes by inheritance just as sure
" and legitimately as q fair skin or
any other personal feature. Such ia
vored souls throw out their intellectual
radiance as naturally and as charming
" Is the flowers come out in their
beautiful colors when the winter is
over and gone. As the very earth is
Weakened to life by the genial warmth
OF springs early footsteps, SO human
nature feels the inspiration of happy
and cheerful influencea
ps The clouds will rift when SUNNY na-
ture sheds II beams around. Who can
wear 'long" face and nope in melan-
cnoly' when gladstone, happy face
looks in upon him.
cheerful temper 10 perennial BEN
eft, a. we'll as q very rainbow of peace
and Joy In the home, for it bears us
over and through the rough places, and
not only carries its own comfort with
1t, but, being infectious, it distributes
happiness to all around. But pity for
those who come into this beautiful
world from . gloomy, uneasy, grum-
bling stock of ancestry, who can see
only Ill in everybody and everything,
evil only everywhere; believing, natur-
ally too. that the race is deeen~r.
atinR, that all men are dreadfu.lv
wicked" and going to the dogs" or to
the bad place." that nothing is as
good or correct as it used to be!' The
uufortunates born to these common
pessimistic ideas surely deserve our
COMMUNICATION. What comfort can
such people get in life or living? How
unpleasant to meet them! They carry
discomfort forever with them; the very
tace grows into wrinkles and frowns,
telling plainly of mental unrest and
discomfort unillumined by one raw of
gladness or enjoyment in all the pleas
ures or delights of life.
Why do not such people strive to cul-
tivate cheerfulness, to gather in sum
beams and not clouds into their hearts
and natures? They surely could if
they only would, for in no direction
does tho real force of Twill power"
stand out more conspicuously than in
this-a will to keep at bay that mental
disease. the ''blues," to see the light
and not the darkness More mental
agony is really endured in dread and
fear of what may happen than on ac-
count of all that does actually happen.
Many bridge is mentally CROSSED
before we come to it," the wise old
ada e to the contrary Notwithstanding,
and much needless worry and anxiety
are fostered thereby. A large majority
of most peoples troubles are merely the
anticipated ones
Small matters, triaing surroundings,
often cause really absurd dependency.
Analyze the cause of mental depression
and often it is found ridiculous and
groundless. Even the weather is re.
liable thermometer of some peoples
mental condition-sunny or stormy as
the case may be; all life and exuberance
in pleasant days, melancholy and "blue"
in stormy Weather:
The companionship of those who are
addicted to mental depression is any.
thing but desirable. The very founda-
ton of the happy home freside sh uld
be cheerfulness itself There all the
holy joy of mutual love and affe ton
should be cemented by the beneacent
and p>'ace-giving bond of cordial, happy,
hearty good will
When genuine sorrows do come, as to
all$they sometimes inevitably must, the
heart is stronger to brace against them,
and to endure. than if health and cour-
age had been fretted away by imagi.
nary troubles and by Hooking on the
dark de-" and the glad thought is
laden with comfort that the good Father
who carries us along in the sunsh me
will be at the helm in the shadow
Katherine Armstrong, in Christian
Union.