The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-12-28
MAKE THE MOST OF TIME.

Business men consider it necessary
at least once year to take stock in
order that thcy may determine wheth-
er or no their business has been prof
table No well conducted business es-
Establishment can dispense with stock
taking. At least the same degree of
care which business men give to their
affairs should be given by each individ-
ual to his affairs. Business affairs
constitute but a part of mems lives.
1t is an important part and yet not
the most important. 1t is true that
a great many make it the most i'm
portant and allow this side of their
lives to SO develop that all else is
pushed out
AT the beginning of the new year all
should take stock and consider wheth-
or or no their lives. as they have been
carried OH and directed in the past,
have been profitable. Introspection is
valuable. Have you been living I'D to
your best possibilities? Are you doing
your share Of the worlds work" Have
YOU been "A valuable citizen of tho
state? Have you been d factor in the
uphuilding of the community in which
you live. or have you on the other hand
been warning with society, with the
civil state. and with Gods kingdom on
earth? These are important questions,
Upon their answer depends the an
swer as to whether or not wour life
has been A profitab one In a. great
many cases-in the majority perha ps
the answer will be. II have lust
gone along and paid my debts and
done nothing commendable or nothing
very bad The great majority who
give answers like this are not living
up to the full possibilities of their
lives. They are frittering away the
most valuable possession that man has
time. The past no one can re-.
claim: the future no one owns: the
present alone is ours to make the most
or The man who figures out some
method of passing time away is surely
III need Of taking stock and changing
his methods. The man who can lool,
upon time as a drug in his life is sure
ly not doing his share Of the worlds
work. The man who has not time
enough to do the work he is doing may
not be living up to his full possibIli-
ties, because he may be directing his
attention to unimportant, or even bad
work, but he is more likely to no more
fully performing his part than the man
VIII" has time to pass away.
The difference between success and
failure very. very many times depends
upon the right appreciation of the
value Of time. Gladstone when travel
ing always carried book with him
that he might study while awaiting the
! arrival OF trains. His mind was a
storehousc Of knowledge on most
every subject. His life was an ex
tremely busy one and the fact that
he gained such a great and varied
knowledge was due to his appreciation
of the value of time.
There will he great many resolu-
tons made on the first day Of Janu-
airy. The great majority of them will
be broken before. the first day of Feb
ruary. but it's better to make a reso
luton and break it than to make no
resolution at all. The man who makes
resolution at least appreciates the
fact that there is room in his life for
Improvement while the man who does
not make Il resolution is so self salts
fled that progress with him is impos-
sible. The best resolution that anyone
can possibly make is to make the most
of every possible moment of time. II