The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-02-10
To Attain Happiness.

individual. BY himself, for himself. 1t
is one Of the incidental by-products
Of en- unselish lie. No man can make
his own happiness the one object Of
his life and attain it any more than
he can jump on the end Of his shadow.
If YOU would hit the bulls eye Of hap
uiness on. the target Of life, aim above
1T. Place other things higher than
your own happiness and it will come
TO you. You can buy pleasure, you
can acquire content, you can become
satisfeG-but nature never put real
happiness, on the bargain counter. II
is the unbelievable accompaniment OF
true living. 1t is calm and peaceful;
it never lives in an atmosphere OF
worry or OF hopeless struggle
The basis Of happiness is the love
Of something outside Of self. Search
every instance of happiness in the
world. and you will find. when all the
Incidental features are eliminated,
tEere. is always the constant. IN
changeable element Of love-love OF
narent for child; love Of humanity in
some form. or a great life work into
which the individual throws all his
energies.
There is a royal road to happiness;
I lies in Conservation, Concentration
Conquest and Conscience.
Conservation is dedicating the indi-
7ldual life to the service Of God and
ot others, to realizing some unselfsh
ileal Life is something to be lived
- to. 1t is a privilege, not a penal
gsrvitude Of SO many decades on
earth. Conservation places the object
Of life above tho mere acquisition Of
money as a fnality. The man who Is
unselfsh. kind, loving, tender, helpful,
ready to tighten the burden Of those
around him, to hearten the struggling
ones. to forget himself sometimes In
remembering others, is on the right
road to happiness. Conservation is
ever active, bold and aggressive. fear
ing naught but possible disloyalty to
high ideals.
Concentration makes the Individual
life simpler and deeper. 1t cuts away
the shams and pretences Of modern
living and limits life to its truest es-
sentials. Worry, fear useless regret
ALI the great wastes that sap men
.al. moral and physical energy-must
ee sacrificed, or the individual need
;nssly destroys half the possibilities
81 living. A great purpose in life,
something that unifes the strands and
threads Of each days thinking, some
thing that takes the sting from the
petty trials, sorrows, sufterings and
blrnders Of life, is a great aid to Con-
centration. Soldiers in battle may
forget their wounds, or even be un-
conscious of them, in the inspiration
Of battling for what they believe is
right Concentration dignifes an
humble life; it makes a great life sub
lime. in morals it is short cut to
simplicity. 1t leads to right for
rights sake without thought of pol
icy, or Of reward. 1t brings calm and
rest to the Individual serenity that
is but the sunlight Of happiness.
Conquest is the overcoming Of an
evil habit, the rising superior to OPP
position and attack, the spiritual ex-
altation that comes from resisting the
invasion of the grovelling material
side Of life. Sometimes when you are
worn and weak with the struggle;
when 1t seems that justice IS dream.
that honesty and loyalty and truth
count for nothing. when hope grows
dim and fickers, then is the time
when you must tower in the great
sublime faith that Right must prevail,
then must you throttle these imps Of
doubt and despair. you must master
yourself to master the world around
you. This is conquest; this is what
counts.
Unhappiness is the hunger to get;
happiness is the hunger to give. True
happiness must ever have the tinge OF
sorrow outlived. the sense OF pain
softened by the mellowing years, the
Christening loss that in the wondrous
mystery Of time transmutes our sur
fering into love and sympathy with
others.
II the individual should set out for a
1ingle day to give happiness. to make
lite happier. brighter, and sweeter,
not for himself, but for others, he
would find wondrous revelation Of
saat happiness really is. The great
est of the worlds heroes could not by
any series OF acts OF heroism do as
much real good as an individual living
mis- whole life in seeking from day to
day to make others happy.
Each day there should be fresh
resolution. new strength and renewed
enthusiasm "Just for today might
be the daily motto Of thousands Of so
cieties throughout the country com.
posed OF members bound together to
make the world better through con.