The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-09-06
The LONGING DE-
Sire FOR A Change.
Not Due to Fatigue, But TO The
Monotony of Everyday
Tasks.

Despite the love and interest We bear
our associates and surroundings, a
time comes when we grow weary and
faded, and naturally long for some sort
of change" We have no desire for
a substitution of other objects and
faces as a permanency; We merely
seek to break the monotony of things
before entering on fresh chapter
in our lives.
The desire for "a change" can hard
ly derive its origin from the nature OF
our occupation. There is nothing com
mon TO all professions and businesses
which clamor for stated relief. Nor
can the desire for "a change" be due
to mere fatigue, because this is allie
waited by daily recurring periods of
rest. Moreover, the natural laws pro-
vide that each repetition of an act
renders its performance both easier
and more simple.
Some men talk of the necessity for
rest as though every fragment of men,
tai and physical power was completely
exhausted. Yet on close observation
of them, when the desired change has
been secured, it is quite evident their
powers were not seriously weaken
ed.
There may be some temporary fall
ure of energy brought about by sheer
lint gG
ent thing from complete exhaustion.
The centers of force from which
strength and energy are derived may
easily become lethargic from an una
voidable lack of fresh stimulus.
The common round of daily life, in
the home as well as in the house of
business, in consequence of its mo-
notonous routine, ceases at times to
stir the center of energy and strength
of purpose; and when these springs
of force are not vigorously active
and therefore, a feeling of loss of pow
er.
Now, the way in which "a change"
operates is not so much by affording
exemption from toll as by supplying
fresh stimulants for the lethargic CEN
tiers of energy. This point is impor
tant becomes il directs attention at
once to the way in which "a change"
should be employed.
Every mistaken notion that the
WEAKNESS demanding the change is the
outcome of exhaustation must be en-
tirefy put aside. The physical and
mental powers are not used up; they
are merely asking for some variation
of the stimulus. The fire may have |
died down, but simply because it has
not been properly stirred.
The motor the yacht the fishing rod |
the gun and the camera, in their le-
gitimate uses, play the part of stimu-
lants, though not to all of us in
like degree. Some find what they need |
walking through country lanes and
villages; others prefer the Continen-
tai trip with its hubbub of foreign
tongues. There are persons more nap
py when encountering the discomforts
of tour or excursion, and there are
other more sensitive individuals, who
instead of being stimulated by diff
culties to travel, would quickly sue
cumb.
The perpetual round of excitements
that one obtains nj most seaside resorts
is hardly the sort of s-imulant for the
jaded nerves and tired body of a busy
worker. Something must be radically
wrong in the change" it, on return
ing to ones home and business, the
routine duties seem 10 be more than
ever distasteful.
The change" That best suits the
average person is one that stirs up
his energies naturally and honestly and
in perfect accord with his ordinary
mode Of life. Energy thus elected
will add TO the stock of useful force,
and will prove 20 be available long
after the holiday has passed. Unless
some such effect as TINS is produced,
the Change" has failed Of it's main
purpose, viz, the Frightening of life
and the improvement Of mental and
physical health.-Pearson's Weekly.