Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-11
"Be Good

"Be Good
To yourself is a form of advice which
should be taken to heart by the particular
kind of fooIishly hopeful person who Is al
ways looking to somebody else to periorrA
this kind of activity for him
Like any other effort that depends upon
anothers interest in US, it IS not likely 10
be done unless we do it for ourselves.
The mother spends her life in planning
for the health, raiment, convenience, COM
fort and pleasure of others. She thinks 1t
only natural that in turn somebody should
speak up and announce the fact that she
needs something new and pretty to wear,
or that II would be nice for her to have
some tickets to the theater. or that size
needs a trip, or that somebody besides
herself should offer to stay at home on the
girls day out.
OF course. they would be only naturally
good, thoughtful for others, and grateful
for Ike benefits received. if they did it all
but they don't. And the fact has TO be ac-
ceptcd as il Is. And really it isn't tair to
expect it. any more than it is to put any
other KIND of work that you should DO
yourself somebody else.
Mamma didn't go down town with us
because it was too hot, and then after we
had gone she gathered all the grandchil-
dren together and made lemonade for them
and gave them a party on the lawn. She
made herself pretty nearly sick lrottlnS TO
wait them, and then when we got back
she was in tears because we went eff and
left her with everything to do. TINS
was the way a married daughter explained
the grievance of her mother to the lncon-
ing company of shoppers.
The truth Is that there is Just one person
who thinks when we ought to have a new
dress-and thinks 1t often when we ouShtn [
to, dear heart-aud that is the mother OF
" a. ply f1n gI1G an s.
knows when we need rest, she counts noth-
ing loss that is our gain; she thinks moth
ing too good Tor us.
Once twice IN lifetime 1t is given us
TO see a husband who mothers his wife
I'm this way, too, but he is rare, and the
woman who has him has a priceless pearl
that she can wear instead of any other
jewels Sometimes in a big family there is
one sister who has the dear way of looking
out for the others.
But as rule booking OUT is a service
that goes uudoue unless one performs 1t for
himself Either we must go without and
have only the poor consolation of nursing
a grievance against those who overlook our
need or else we must choose to take the
benefits that are owing to us our right.
and without demanding the added gift OF
having them as a loved ones suggestion.
The Will
Is the uobIest and most powerful of our
faculties. Without it we can hope to do
nothing. Have we IA goal in view We must
will. not weakly wish to attain
Obstacles must be transmitted into adj
vantaEes and handicaps into helps by the
alchemy of our Will -
All things must subserve one end. Every
thing else must be ssubordinated TO the
achievement of the great resolve to the
Consummatlou of our purpose
In the picture of never so many ngures
and details the master has proportional
all around some enc central single rigure.
In the drama the poet leads every word on
to the one grand climax. In music one
theme inspires the symphony.
In our lives We can do no less. Every
thing in the picture of our careers must
contribute TO the delineation of-our one
great central purpose. Everything must
set I'm relief the fultillment of our Will. All
that Is within us, around US, circumstances,
work play. health. fortune and friends
must aid in the realization of our aim.
This remains to be remembered. our
will is uaught If 1t be ptted against the
Cosmic powers. our VIII is nothing If I'M
united to the VIII Divine. Sooner or later
we are baked and undone. and must begin
all over again far, far back at the begin
ming IL we have not builded in harmony
with the eternal things OF God.
The truly great Will is the Will that re-
fleets, however family, some aspect of tie
will of God.
The greatest will IS the absolute uullity
Of the personal will, the perfect absorb
ton IN the VIII Divine. Then can the soul
unfold It's wonderful capacities. Then can