The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-22
HOW TO STOP HURRY
AND KILL WORRY
Wisdom For Women About Con-
centrstion and Mind Control -

NTHATEvER 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 men
tai faculties most powerfully. II you
leave your brain open TO receive every
noating mind vibration. catching what
Mrs. James French King calls the dust
particles OF thought you become by
and by mental scrap bag The hurry
habit with which women are generally
afflicted is destructive OF mental power.
While womans hands are doing one
thing her mind has jumped ahead TO
the next two or three things to be ac-
complished- The woman Is thus divid-
ed up TIL parts OF her are In two or
three places at a time. See Hurry Is
OF the devil" says the Arabian provero.
The next chronic evil mental habit
prevalent among women is the worry
haoit You can't help worryings You
can help II. 1 am going to tell YOU ex-
actly how Overcoming both the hurry
ana the worry habits Is achieved by
learning mental SELF control Elizabeth
Towne in her useful little book ~Expc-
riences says she learned concentra-
ton and mental control BY following
with her mind the motions OF her hands
while she did her 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 will stop hurry and kill worry.
suppose you are packing up 10 take a
long journey Let US suppose the worst
possible case-namely. that you have &c
take three or four children with you. Get
away by yourself and coolly and Quietly
plan out your duties In proper order.
Then begin Every moment keen 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
ticie lay IL where II belongs. at the same
time giving yourself the mental charge
to remember where II is. II you are
interrupted at your work. make a men,
tai note where you leave OF and de-
clare you will begin there when you re-
turn. This can be done in one instant
of time.
An admirable way 10 fix your mind
on a thing is TO make picture OF Il
mentally and see that picture constant
iy. Mental pictures are n marvellous
aid 10 mind training. In respect 10 tho
disastrous hurry habit. say 10 yourself.
Il am going to do things swiftly. all
things swiftly. nothing hurriediy"
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
So long as you must live. live sweetly
and joyously. all the ills on earth 20 the
contrary Notwithstanding. DO some
thing useful or interesting Homework.
sewing. musical practice. Physical ex-
ercise OF all parts OF the body Is 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 rulsrs
OF ourselves.
A unique and fascinating way %
gaining mental power is 10 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 81
courage and power Imagine II 20 be
printed before you. see each letter and
word with your minds eye. sleeping or
waking. By and by the sentence VIII
strike in upon your soul and you viii
become what the words declare. Try
this plan. JANE MOSES.