Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-21
A CURE FOR UNHAPPINESS.
Regular employment VIII Dispel Fits of
the Blues.

the Blues.
The most effective cure for unhappi.
ness is occupation. And some occupa.
tion which engages the mind as we'll as
uses the body is best, not only as
temporary distraction, but as perma-
nent cure, says writer in Harper's
Bazaar. This is reasonable, for the
mind which has been forced to exert
itself in given direction attalns bet.
ter poise, and so grows stronger aud
clearer to comprehend and conquer the
unbappiness which had before master
ed it.
These are general truths We all
know these things are so. Our diff
Guilty is to apply the truth to our own
special case. For truth is of no value
to us unless we do apply it, just as the
best medicine in the world is of no use
unless we swallow it.
Some unhappy or moody people
which ever you like to call it-sre SO
without outward cause. They are not
in right relation to the world or their
own circumstances, but they do not
know exactly why. And they often
cling to their state of gloom, not de,
string to change or outgrow it, but
rather hugging themselves with the de.
lusion that their discomfort makes them
superior to the rest of the world.
But others are really placed in cir
cumstances which cause them unhap-
piness, who, would like, II they could,
to conquer the feelings, even If they
can not control the circumstances
which caused them.
1t is usually women whose mood or
taste of mind is thus made by their
feelings. And when women begin to
think out the matter it means that there
is help to be had somewhere if they
only try to get it. For when the wish
to conquer ones feelings is there the
means to do 30 will certainly come.
This persistent looking for relief
must take the shape, first, of thinking
out some plan to regulate employment
or work in which you can froget at
times or ignore the circumstances
which make you unhappy. Arrange
she work, II possible, il some other
place than that where your unhapai-
ness lies, In these different surround
ings choose something now to do which
you like, which will make you think
about it, and which will persistently
engage your attention and time.
You may like gardening, or some
outdoor amusement walking or row.
ing. Take one of these up and make a
fad of it. Or begin 20 Srn china
painting, or botany, or geology, or
photography-which is a most excel
lent occupation or amusement for q
woman.
But emphatically do not rush into
any of these things without thought,
or you will not stay at it, and it will
do you no good. Consider your plan
carefully, choose deliberately, and
having chosen, force yourself to con-
quer difficulties, and follow the course
you have laid out into the new life
where you will find that it leads you.
For such plan, pursued deliber-
ately and conscientiously, means that
you begin to create for yourself new
life among the ruins of your old one.
And as sure as you undertake and
carry your plan through, just so surely
the day will come that you will find
yourself clearing away the last crum-
bling remnants of your miserable old
circumstance, while your new life
thought will stand in the ceuter, firm
and true, its topmost pinnacle pointing
to heaven.