The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-19
HOW TO STOP HURRY
AND KILL WORRY
Wisdom For Women Abou. Con-
centrstion and Mind Control =

WHATEVER is accomplished on
wv 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 men
tai faculties most powerfully. If you
leave your brain open to receive every
floating mind vibration, catching what
Mrs. James French King calls the dust
particles of thought" you become by
and by a mental scrap bag. The hurry
habit with which women are generally
afflicted is destructive of mental power.
While a woman's hands are doing one
thing her mind has jumped ahead to
the next two or three things to be &C
complished- The woman is thus divid-
ed 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
prevalent among womens is the worry
habit. You can't help worrying? You
can help it. am going to tell you ex-
actly how Overcoming both the hurry
and the worry habits is achieved by
learning mental self control Elizabeth
Towne. in her useful little book "Expe-
riences' says she learned concentra-
ton and mental control by following
with her mind the motions of her hands
while she did hers housework. Here is
the golden secret Keep busy at some
thing with your hands all the time and
keep your mind on what you are doing.
This win stop hurry and kill worry.
suppose you are packing up to take a
long journey. Let US suppose the worst
possible case-namely, that you have to
takesthree or four children with you Get
away by yourself and eoolly and quietly
plan out your duties in proper order
Then begin. Every moment keep your
mind on what you are about, noting ex-
actly the spot in which you put each
article. Have, your trunks around with
in easy reach As you come to each ar
ticle lay it where it belongs, at the same
/ time giving yourself the mental charge
to remember where it is. If you are
interrupted at your work. make men,
tai note where you leave off and de-
clare you will begin there when you re-
turn. This can be done in one instant
/ of time.
An admirable way to fix your mind
on a thing is to make a picture of it
mentally and see that picture constant
1 ~ Mental pictures are a marvellous
aid to mind training. In respect to the
disastrous hurry habit. say to yourself.
Il am going to do things swiftly. all
things swiftly nothing hurriedly. .
| There is a radical difference between
swiftness and hurry.
Now. you have let US say, an awful
sorrow on your mind. the worst that
can grip a girl or woman. On your life
do not go off alone and brood over it.
That will ruin your health and your
4 good looks. perhaps drive you crazy.
I So kong as you must live, live sweetly
and joyously. all the ills on earth to the
I contrary Notwithstanding. Do some
thing useful or interesting ousework.
sewing. musical practice. Physical ex-
ercise of all parts of the body is a brave
slayer of grief For this reason house
work is a noble restorer of mental
health. Let me repeat the prescription
To get away from corroding trouble
keep your body busy Al some work and
keep your mind fixed every moment on
/ the motions of your hands. This every
girl and 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 unique and fascinating way of
gaining mental power is to select some
word or very short sentence descriptive
of a mental quality or state you desire
to attain. Fasten your mind on the let
tiers of the word or sentence. This helps
greatly to steady the mind in concen-
tration training. Suppose. let US say,
you are like so many other women. tim
id. anxious. self distrustful. even cow
ardly Take the sentence Il am full of
courage and power" Imagine it to be
printed before you. see each letter and
word with your minds eye. sleeping or
waking BY and by the sentence will
strike in upon your soul and you will
become what the words declare. Try
this plan JANE MOSES.