The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-21
ABOUT WORRY.


 of ours great many things that
 are sorrowful, troublesome, vex-
 atious and annoying; death and disease, calamities and losses have followed mankind from the begin ming, and while they will doubtless be greatly diminished in number and intensity as men come more fully to comprehend natural laws, and con- form to them, it will be a long time before they are wholly eliminated from the human lot. Such being the case, it is natural that there should spring from them and be associated with them certain de- gree of apprehension and anxiety. Were it not so it is probable that there would result neglect of the precautions and safeguards which every rational person ought to make use of to ward off such evils as can be avoided. Conceding. however. that such is the case, it is undeniable that people suffer more from un- necessary worry than they do from the actual experience of trials and misfortunes. Even "the sense of death lies most in apprehension. :" Everyone could do the days work and bear the days burden without too much strain if they were not trying to do tomorrow's work and bear it's burden at the same time. The troubles of the day never are as overwhelming as they seemed in anticipation. and the pleasure that might come from discharging it's tasks is often marred by worrying over tomorrow's.
 The cares that are behind us do not seem to have been so unbearable, and some of them we recognize as blessings, but tomorrow who can tell what dangers may be awaiting us tomorrow? Strange it is that we do not learn that the best way. the only way, to meet tomorrow is by waiting for it. Tomorrow will surely come, and will bring it's own cares and duties, and also it's own strength, and ways of meeting them. and you only burden yourself and weaken your capacity for the duties of today by dreading and fretting about what may happen tomorrow.
 Just why and how it is no one knows, but certain it is that nothing that happens to a man wears him out and lowers his mental and physical tone half as much as wosry. It would be different if it did any good, but it doesn't. We are living under system of law which com prises the universe and every atom in it, and it is as irrational to fear tomorrow as it is to waste time in over the past. Live in today, and give to 1t and it's duties and pleasures all your strength and ceasing vain regrets, and smothering foolish apprehensions, l and tomorrow will take care of itself. | Man alone of living beings fears the future. How many people spoil the | pleasures that come to them by say ing. Yes, this is all very well, but who can tell what may happen next? Do an honest days work every day, 1 and for fear of tomorrow substitute courage and hopefulness. The fu- ture is likely to be what we make it 1 by anticipation, and it is coming to he more and more understood that 3 man very largely makes himself | and his fortunes what they are by the habitual moods which he en- rourages in himself, and by the general run of thought which he 1 permits to dwell in his mind and 1 give it color and character. A mans limbs may be fettered, but in his inner self he is free beyond any inter- ference to make himself what he will. Cincinnati Enquirer.