The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-01-02
D ISC0U R a CLEMENTS.
How Best to Meet Them Put Yourself
il Sympathy with Other
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thing then is how, on those drab-colOrad
days, we are to get the cheer.
.s Most of us do not live thinkingiy
enough. We do not look ahead we al
low ourselves to be overwhelmed by cir
Ecumstances and conditions which ii most
cases are sure not to last very long. 81
exaggerate days misfortune, forgetfuIs
that in few days more it may be gone,
or replaced by piece Of good fortune. azs
s5 I do not mean that in our despairs and
scious Of or forget the gloom that is s0s,
close about us; but do mean that too
rev, Of us remember that however dark
our own particular day ,-Or hour may be-
|. there issat its outer edges the broad, un-s
failing sunshine, miles and miles anil
miles OF It; Only, get high enough up.
and am you have the sunshine always.
Yes, you say, "but we cannot alwayKs
get high ups our duties lie in the. valleys,
perhaps, and we must stay there where
they are" II that is the case and you
cannot actually get into the sunshine at5s
and thai; of itself will, I think, bring yorsi
no small amount Of cheer: We are 50
accustomed to judging Of the s1tnshine,s
constancy by the storms in our own sec-
ton of the country, we are so used to-
judging Of cheer and happiness by our
O"u PCASOAdA l1OuU1CSs LudL we are 8OE@5
to forget that outside the gloom which
sweeps down over our own home acres
and beyond the troubles Of our own very
personal lives the sun shines broadly and
cheer and happiness exist. !, 7s.555
Inat point once clear, then how shall
we get into the. sunshine, or that being
Impossible, for the time, what nswe do
that will remind us Of the sunshine ana.
so cheer the gray days? Well, there are
So great many ways that one may take,
q good many things that one may do
One very good way is to get into some
body else's sunshine if possible. s Try to-
lose the thought of your own troubles By
J Essympathlzlng with someone's JOY: 1t may
:beasomes friend of yours who has JUST
had q bit of good fortune; if YOU are
truly q friend then your friends good
fortune must. in measure, at least. be y
slyour@%owns.s. l know Of nothing more
Who eSome4 and sure ito cheer than gene
~ uile. warm loving sympathy with an
Others JOY or it may be So slight ID thing
as Sa8 little child's gladness; a! little child
the new: doll or the toy engine. sympa-
thy with even such childish gladness
may serve to brighten many a grayahour.
/ How often one finds, in stories and in
real life.the man or woman bowed down
by trouble and mist fortune, IconQuering
encouragement and even despair and be-
tnS oia.e anu CHEERFUL ior Inc SAKE OI a.
little chllds gladness.
Another good plan is to put oneself IN
sympathy with other peoples troubles.
Try to be of use IN someone's lifef tfy
to tighten someone's sadness, and your
own troubles will not, seem so heayY.
There are always those who hayeSmores
WON Sour tros596, Would Seem SCI d Hight 'o
r. the day has been discouraged one.
get out under the open sky. if YOU can
*@ten,'if it is "a gray Sky. Troubles and
discouragements always seem smalle TO:
me out under the sky than close
walls. Breathe in long, full breat hS hold
your shoulders back, Iandlsske wilhhg O.
meet life fsquarelyE and bfavely That
may seem to You trivial advice. ALL I
ask you to dolis to try 50 many
kyopen and girls see each day with
figures. If could get them all to square.
their shoulders back, put their chiias M
and draw in deep, long breaths 4 believe
would have, done. away with the dis
cO4ra cement OF most Of them
Shall tell you what !. do when I am am
November mood? Well, get out Of
doors, walk as briskly, as I can, put nv
chin up, and look squarely into the eyes
Of everyone l meet, and count over nv
blessings, as many as can think Of, pasfs
and present, aud usually when get back
the mood is gone and life Seems more
worth the living. 7assI
That IS what call my .'Thank.siv
ing: way" of getting rid of discouraee
ments and the blues. Indeed I think
that Thanksgiving is fifty placed in Ne
vember. Then, of all other times, when
the skies are gray and the winds are
bleak, is it good to remember the bless
ings and be thankful. $500.
Ihere are many ways of meeting dis
courag ements. Many more than these Ts
have suggested. There is, for instance.
the plan Of taking up some very earnest
WORK; losing oneself in some good book
seeking out for oneself some form OF
amusement or entertainment, but the
best plan of any that know is to live I
earnestly, to try to make every day count
for something, and to do ones best, ones
ments and disappointments come from
the fgct that we live half-heartedly, that
We 40 not, in all things big and little.
do our best. Try to get more zest into
life. Try to do everything that You do
the very best that you can do it. What
is worth doing at all is worth doing the B
best we know how, if it be no more than
biblical command ): Whatsoever thy hand
fndeth to do, do it with they might =
'v> 1 know Of nothing that will help ono
to face disappointment and overcome dis
couragement, yes, and bring such real
cheer and sunshine into ones life, as this;
thing Of doing ones best. Try il for
awhile, in, everything you do, big and &
little; and see if the world does not go
right again. s@ss 9s 5sass
Next month want to talk some smose
about the best, and to discuss some
means Of getting more Of it into our lives
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