The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-04-04

only harmfnl. Here is a LITTLE
d quotation from LongfslIow. about
tlooking into the past and it would
be well for us to remember i,.l
Look not mournfully into the past,
1t comes not back again, -
Wisely improve the present, it il
thine.
| 60 forth to meet the shadow of the
future,
without fear, and with manly heart, =
And We have another type othu-
man beings, who may be found,
forever attending funerals They
delight in promen4ding through
cemeteries They take great pleas
ure in the grave. yards among the
withered flowers where the freshly
nodded earth. tell them of new
oalamities. They are always look
ing on the dark side of life Those
uTe pretty dismal people aren't
they7 They go around with grave
yard face. They love to think of
the sad things in life. But do not
be like them, always smile and look
on the sunny side of life, and work
and plan for the future.
Keep your mind out of the past.
1t is nothing but funeral of
things. done and ended; always re-
member that there is hope while
life stretches ahead of you, snd
thet the future is your only real
possession. The past lis gone. and
the present slips out of your hand,
even as you think of it. The day
and the years that lie ahead of yon
are all that you can say is your
own Be up and doing, make some
thing of yourselves. Time is too
precious to be moaning in the past
The instrument with which you
work. is your mind. It alone can
solve problems, give you the success
you have been looking for Your
mind like any other force. must be
concentrated to do it's work. 1t can
not be in two places at once.
Whatever thought you gave the
past, that much is taken from your
future Whatever time and energy
you spend on regret. is so much
added to a risk of failure ahead.
When you read and hear of the
lives of successful men, you find
many of them, including the most
successful. constant y thinking us
ing their mind and planning far
beyond the degree of success al
ready reached.
What is your mind forP Is it not
to help plan for future. Let us
use it that way. But if the man
who achieved the greatest success
in this world, by his own efforts.
was man living in the present
and working for the future, then
that fact, has it's meaning for you
Naturally you must not look
ahead vaguely. that is about as use
less as looking into the past. Make
up your mind right now. what your
defeats are. and plan for the future.
Your thinking and planning must
be definite Instead of moaning
and groaning because you were
foolish yesterday. last week or last
year. Simply say to. morrow, next
week. next year, and forever. I will
not be foolish.
Beginning now, realize that every
day ahead has its value. and that
the days back of you, have no ex-
istenoe at all. Fix your mind on
one thing in life, that you want to
achieve and keep it, marching
straight forward. never turning
backward or being discouraged.
Above all things do not look
backward in order to get foolish
comfort out of those less success
full than yourself. Do not be so
foolish as to take comfort in the
fact, that You past few Of those.
who started even with you, or while
you are thus comforting yourself
they will pass you.
Many persons go through their
years from youth to cid age with
no aim except to get the most out
of pleasures and with. no better
plan than to slip through life, as
lightly as they may each days du-
ties, taking things easy, as you say.
Another illustration of starting
right in life. Take girl who has
just graduated from school, she has