The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
HOW TO STOP HURRY
 AND KILL WORRY
Wisdom for Women About Concentra-
 tion and Mind Control.

Whatever is accomplished on the plane | of action must be wrought out first on | the plane of thought. The greatest deeds | are done by those able to concentrate | their mental faculties most powerfully | If you leave your brain open to receive
 every floating mind vibration, catching | what Mrs. James French calls the dust l particles of thought you become by and by d mental scrap Tag, The hurry habit with which women are generally afflicted l is destructive of mental power. While a | woman's hands are doing one thing her
 mind has jumped ahead to the next two l or three things to be accomplished. The woman Is thus divided up till parts of | her are in two or three places at a time. | See? Hurry is of the devil,' says the Arabian proverb.
 The next chronic evil mental habit pre- valent among women is the worry habit You can't help worrying? You can help
 1t. I am going to tell you exactly how. Overcoming both the hurry and the | worry habits is achieved by learning
 mental self control. Elizabeth Towne | in her useful book Experiences" says
 she learned concentration and mental
 control by following with her mind the | motions of her hands while she did her homework. Here Is the golden secret: Keep busy at something with your hands
 all the time and keep your mind on what
 you are doing. This will stop hurry and | kill worry.
 Suppose you are packing up to take a l long journey. Let us suppose the worst possible case-namely. that you have to | take three children with you. Get away | by yourself and cooly and quietly plan out your duties in proper order. Then | begin. Every moment keep your mind on | what you are about, noting exactly the spot in which you put each article. Have l your trunks around within easy reach As you come to each article lay 1t where 1t belongs, at the same time giving your self the mental charge to remember where 1t is. If you are interrupted at your
 work make a mental note where you leave off and declare you will begin there when you return. This can be done In
 one instant of time.
 An admirable way to fix your mind on
 thing Is to make a picture of it ment- ally and see that picture constantly.
 Mental pictures are marvellous aid to mind training In respect to the disast- rous hurry habit, say to yourself, T am going to do things swiftly. all things
 swiftly. nothing hurriedly." There is radical difference between swiftness and
 hurry.
 Now, you have, let us say, an awful
 sorrow on your mind, the worst that Cdh
 grin a girl or woman. On your life do
 not go off and brood over it. That will
 ruin your health and your good looks'
 perhaps drive you crazy. So long as you
 must live live sweetly and Joyousiy, all
 the ills on earth to the contrary not
 withstanding Do something useful or 1n-
 teresting-housework. sewing, musical
 nractice. Physical exercise of all parts of the body is a brave slayer or grler' For this reason homework Is noble re- storer of mental health. Let me repeat the prescription: To get away from cor roding trouble keep the body busy at some work and keep your mind hxeo every moment on the motions or your | hands, This every girl or woman can do You will be astonished in a few months to find how much you have gained in happiness and mind power as well. We are the rulers of ourselves.
 A unidue and fascinating way of gain inc mental power Is to select some word ar very short sentence descriptive of mental quality or state you desire to attain Fasten your mind on the letters of the word or sentence. This helps greatly to steady the mind in concentra- tion training Suppose, let us say, you are like s) many other women, timid, anxious. self distrustful, even cowardly. Take the sentence II am full of courage and power." Imagine it 70 be printed hefore YOU, see each letter and word with | vour minds eye, sleeping or waking. By and bv the sentence will strike in' upon | yo,,r soul. and you will become what the
 words declare Try this plan
 Jane Moses.