Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-21
Discomfort and Aspiration.

Discomfort and Aspiration.
No man ought to be satisfied with his
present condition, because there is no
condition that cannot be improved.
Most people have too little OF this
worlds goods to be entirely satisfied. 1t
is no sin-on the contrary, it is credit
to them.-to try to become better off.
But there are two ways Of looking at
life. One person is gloomy, depressed
and makes the most Of all his bad luck.
In some communities. notably farming
communities, the person who has had
the most sickness, bad luck and losses
becomes q kind of hero to himself and
his neighbors. They talk his misfor-
tunes over week after week and roll
them as a sweet morsel under their
tongues And if they and he only knew
it this making the most Of bad luck in
creases it and fastens it on the minds
Of them all, and in time it materializes
anew in their own lives
From the way in which people think
and brood over the bad things that hap
zen to them it is wonder the world is
not worse than it is, wonder it is not
absolutely full Of bankrupts, lunatics,
,onsumptives and dyspeptics.
Breeding over poverty, bad luck and
ailments, talking about them and de-
scribing our symptoms to our friends fix
aud confirm these evil thoughts in our
minds and memories. 1t is u wise and
honored saying that the mind makes
the man. Nothing Ia truer. When bad
luck or sickness comes. put 1t out OF
your mind. If you carn.t do this alto
Rether, do it as much as you can. DO
not permit yourself to talk about your
misfortunes and mistakes. Learn the
lesson from them and then forget all
about them. Hold no grudge against
any human being. 1t poisons your blood
and clogs your liver and keeps you
awake nights. Nobody in this world is
worth making yourself uncomfortable
over
Keep your mind persistently clear and
cheerful. Mankind can control their
thoughts. If you ale poor today, look
confidently forward to being better of
in the future. Expect it and work up to
it, though you are 80 years old. No
person is ever too old to improve his
condition. The serene, cheerful mind
which every human being can cultivate
keeps the brain clear aud the digestion
good Then we can use all our powers
to the best advantage. "A merry heart
does good like medicine.
In one of his editorial sermons in the
New York Herald DR.. Hepworth says:
There is q kind Of restlessness which is al.
most godlike, for it implies that the soul is
capable of indefinite progress and. US the
clothes of youth aru outgrown in manhood and
we purchase others which tit our increased
stature, so the soul must change its garments
and put ON larger thoughts and projects and
hopes. There ia another kind OF uiscontent
which Ia thoroughly depressing, and Is there.
fore to be avoided, because it draws the cur
tains down and forces you to sit in the dark.
When O man says, "This is we'll enough for
today, but tomorrow I shall have more and bet.
ter" he Is IN just the state OF mind thnt makes
the more and the better possible. But when
one feels that his circumstances are not only
q hardship, but also an injustice. he can nei'
Their get out Ct his present the best there is in 1t
nor look forward to the future with anything
like good cheer. The people who indulge In
this latter train of thought are u very bad sort
of Christians They are at odds with them
selves and with the Almighty. They spend so
much time In wishing that things were not as
they are that there is no time left in which to
uso their experience to the best advantage.
The difference to mans soul. to his tenn
per, to his general disposition. and. not least OF
all, to his bodily health. between the cCnvic-
ton that he Gun CO great things with whit he
has and the conviction that he Gun do nothing
because he has not what he thinks he ought to
have. is practically the difference between q
life sweetened by fnith and effort and u life
1mbittered by an enlargement between him.
self and the very n;.ture Of things.
A time will come when beer wagons,
milk wagons and heavy hauling wagons
will be propelled by mechanical motive
power. Then they can have broad tires
Of rubber or something better. All
streets can be paved with asphalt. 1t is
the nOundinp Of horses' feet that now