The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-11
THE FULL SIZED MAN.
cHARACTERIsTICs THAT GO TO
MAKE PERFECTION.
Tho Mind IL Ever the Master Of the
situation-Cheerfulnes the sure ouido
60 sucoess-Enomies should 10 For-
gottoB-viowa Of q Phmistine.

Success is In the blood. There are
men whom fate can never keep down
they march jauntily forward, and
take by divine right the best Of every
thing that earth affords. But their
success Is not attained by the Samuel
Smiles-C Connecticut policy. They do
not lie In wait, nor scheme, o fawn,
nor seek to adapt their sails to catch
the breeze Of popular favor. still. they
are ever alert and alive to any good
that may come their way, and when
It they simply appropriate Il.
and tarrying not, move steadily on.
Good healthl Whenever you 20 out
Of doors, draw the chin in, carry the
crown Of the head high, and I'LL the
lungs to the utmost; drink in the sun
shine; greet your friends with a smile,
and put your soul into every hand
clasp. DO not fear being misunder-
stood; and never waste a minute
thinking about your enemies. Try to
fix firmly in your mind what you
would like to do, and then without
violence of direction you will move
straight to the goal. Fear 1. the rock
on which we split, and hate is the
shoal on which many a barque is
stranded. When we are fearful, the
judgment is as unreliable as the com
pass Of a ship whose hold is full OF
iron ore; when we hate we have UNI
shipped the rudder; and If we stop
to mediate on what the gossips say.
we have allowed a hawser to befoul
the screw. Keep your mind on the
great and splendid thing you would
like to do; and then, as the days 20
gliding by, you will find yourself un-
consciously Selling upon the oppor-
tunities that are required for the full
fllment Of your desire, just as the
coral insect takes from the running
tide the elements that 1t needs. Pic.
ture in your mind the able, earnest
useful person you desire to be, ant
the thought you hold is hourly trans,
forming you into that particular in.
dividual. Thought is supreme, and t
think is often better than to do. Pre-.
serve a right mental attitude-the atti
tude Of courage, frankness and goot
cheer. To think rightly is to create
Darwin and Spencer have told us tina.
this is the method of creation. Eacl
animal has evolved the parts it need
ed and. desired. The horse is fleet be
aus he wishes to be; the bird file.
because it desires to: the duck has
web foot because it desires to swim
All things ONE through desire. AM
every sincere prayer is answered. W.
become like hat on which our hearts
are fixed. Many people know this, bu
they do not know it thoroughly enough
so that it shapes their lives. We wan
friends, so we scheme and chase eros
lots after strong people, and lie in wal
for good folks-or alleged good folk
hoping 10 attach ourselves to them
The only way to secure friends is t
be one. And before you are fit 70
friendship you must be able to d.
without II. That is to say, you mus
have sufficient self-reliance to TAX
care of yourself, and then out o
the surplus of your energy you a d
for others. The man who crave
friendship, and yet desires a self-cen
tered spirit more, will never lack 70
friends. If you have friends, cultivat
solicitude instead Of society. Drinl
in the ozone; battle in the sunshine
and out in the silent night, under tn
stars, say to yourself again and ye
again, 81 am a part Of all my eyes be
holdl" And the feeling will surel.
come to you that you are no mer
i%nterloper between earth and sky; bu
that you are a necessary particle O
the whole. No harm can come to yoI
that does not come to all, and If yo-
shall go down it can only be amid
wreck Of worlds. Thus by laying hol
on the forces of the universe, you ar
strong with them. And when 20.
realize this, all is easy, for in your ar
teries course red corpuscles, and Il
your heart there is the will to do an
be. Carry your chin in and the crow.
of your head high. We are gods in tn
chrysalis. Fra Elbertus. in the Phil
istine.
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