Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-18

stances. 1t is quite possible for US to make
a more agreeable environment for ourselves
in this world without setting our minds on
another. And we can begin to do 1t by
persistently believing in the transient ma
ture Of our present anxieties and worries
and in the happier circumstances TO come.
Dear Woman
Whom years of experience have ripened
and sweetened. says: II have often been
sorry for what l have told: have never
repented what have kept to myself"
Would not that thought be safe one for
many of us to keep in mind in the evil mo-
ments when the desire presses upon us to
talk out" that which lies nearest our
hearts? 1t is much easier to keep a cher
ished secret than 1t Is to take it back after
1t has once gone from us.
The man who knows when to keep silence
has in his possession the golden key that
unlocks one of the doors to secret happi-
ness. Many persons know when to speak:
few know when to say nothing.
Each of us has moments of what the
French call epanchement de occur when
alone with friend. and often at these
times we are 80 left to ourselves as to
breathe forth confidence that in days to
come. perhaps in a few moments, we would
give much to have unspoken. Not that our
friend will betray our confidence. That
happens sometimes. But, even barring that
calamity. the secret mas passed once for
all from our possession Again, the thought
that to us was most precious Is likely to
be received with good-natured tolerance.
The lovely secret was the pearl which we
have cast before our swine. We pick 1t up
and try to fancy it is not injured, but it
will never look the same after 1t once has
been trampled upon.
The Strong
Find their place and position: the place
which they alone can fill and the position
which Is theirs by the fitness of things. And
this place and position are the thick of the
battle, the heaviest of the burdens and the
stress and shock of fate.
Since strength Is made to be used it must
be used unsparingly where 1t is needed. and
the greater the strength the more insistent
is the crisis of that need in which it is di-
vinely set.
Is there strong. capable member in any
family? AS surely as there is. so surely
Will the rest lean upon that strength. The
more firmly and nobly it is to be depended
upon. the more deeply it will be rested upon
and the oftener 1t will be evoked.
One woman through many and great trials
has comforted her own household so unfail-
ingly that each one turns to her, and not
one of them would understand if she turned
to them. She is strong to bear, and SO she
bears an extra and unrelieved burden. She
give way.
Strength cannot evade issues The weak
stand out of the way and let the strong
meet and settle the questions which must
must be answerable for the weak break
paths for weakness to follow, frame laws
for weakness to obey.
The strong ones are the pioneers every
where. and pioneer life is full of hardships
and sufferings always. To bear exhausting
burdens. to undertake high ventures. to sus-
tain many companions. to meet the might
est onsets of fate, to keep up a steadfast
courage-theSe are the reasons for which
strength is given.
Changes
Come to us all sometimes as curious mental
experiences. 1t Is as IL we were taken up
on high hill. from which we can survey
all the surrounding country.
No longer down on the road along which
we have been walking. we are so far above
1t that we see 1t in changed light. Things
assume new proportions. and we discern
their relative value with wonderful clear
| ness in this purer atmosphere. How small
| really are some of the obstacles some OF
| the barriers which troubled US so long, And
other landmarks which we hitherto have
| Thought Of little value We now recognize as
| of the greatest consequence
1t may be some great shock or some Rreat
sorrow which has put us on this mental ele-
walton. II may be separation from one we
+, love which has opened our eyes to this Won
| derful inward seeing. Whatever was the
| cause, the changed new aspect OF the
chances and changes and conditions of life
| is something We can never forget or ignore
| We may go back to the jog trot of every
| day existence. but our whole point of view
| Of life and its joys and sorrows has
changed. Our body performs its daily func-
| tons; the eating. and drinking. and work
] ing. and marrying and giving in marriage
| go on as before. Our mind acts in it's new
! conditions and with startled, opened eyes
| reads the wonderful meanings written I'M
| der the daily shOw-acts and reads and
| marvels at its former blindness.
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