The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-07-04
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rhs Ilttls Thihss Create Annoyanss 8
Everyday Life.
II is related that a certain eastern
king was so disturbed By my misfor-
tnne which came to him that he was
powerless to look beyond it to any pos
sible pleasure or good fortune fate
might still be guarding for him. Pres
emit affection seemed the only reality
and nothing in life powerful enough
to overcome it. On one occasion 4 ring
WINS to be engraved for him and those
who loved him and deplored his pessi-
mistic moods soughtan Inscription that
should embody the greatest wisdom and
consolation in the fewest Words-some-
thing that coming at once to the mind
in hours of depression and despair
should ward off the twin demons of
fear and melancholy sort of tails
man to protect him from his way
ward fancies. Many beautiful senti-
ments were submitted, but nothing
which contained such a message of joy
assthat which his dauYhteB caused to be
inscribed in the ring: .grhis, Too, Shall
Pass" was the translation of the tiny
cabalistic characters.
It wouldn't be a bad idea to have this
motto writ large and hung in conspic-
nous place in the homes of many of the
moderns. for the poor Persian king has
many followers-eyen among Ameri-
cans. Most of US don't have to plunge
very deeply into retrospect to recall
something that presaged most dismal
results-that we worried over by night
and struggled over by day, and then
when our strength wasswell nigh x
hausted some Unforeseen circumstance
turned the scale and everything came
out right, and better far than we could
have planned it.
Don't waste any energy on imaginary
battles. Life brings actual warfare
enough, and ever so vigorous a target
practice with visionary foes won't help
you any in real contests. The ills you
arm yourself to meet with such show
of bravery very likely never come your
way at all. It is oftener the unexpected
that happens, True, there is an occa-
sional man who goes about uncon-
sciously seeking failure. He reads it
between the lines of his morning paper.
He sees it in the tiniest purchase for
the home-but he never dreams he is
wooing it with his opportunities.
Our motto is not for such men. It is
for those to whom there comes times
when in spite of every effort the walls
seem closing in around them. But
somehow they usually manage to pull
through, or if they fail the experience
proves a stepping stone to something
higher.
Is it not almost better to go through
the breakers in n FOOLS paradise of care
l~essness than by constantly anticipate
ing bad luck make yourself a magnet
to attract it2
The motto, however, should not be
held sacred to matters Of great inn
portance. The unimportant affairs OF
life often create untold annoyance.
Very insignificant tritles cause many a
day of sorrowful depression. III we
could only hold to that thought: s.This,
too, shall passive know 1t does pass.
The little grievances go by and are al
if they had never been. We forget
them; but new ones come, and they
will go like the others.
Every cloud has a silver lining" is no
mere figure of speech or poetic fancy;
it is a literal truth in life as well as in
nature. No matter how black the
clouds, how impenetrable the gloom;
behind them the sun is shining, and
sometime it will burst through in a
grand blaze of glory. Whether you are
foolishly grieving over some petty an
noyarce or staggering under the weight
of inexpressible suffering, / tell you as
! tell my own heart, Divine Love is over
all-This, too, shall pass.-Mate Palmer,
in Banner Of Gold.