The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-07
HURRY AND WORRY. !.
THE TWO CHIEF CAUSES or Nea.
voUs EXHAUSTION.
Avoid These. says a Leading physl.
clan, agd You May Live Out Your
Altet1sd Days and DO Your,
80, alifa,s Work Well. r

DR.. Thomas G. Ely, of Philadelphia,
In an article on sneurasthenia In the
Journal OF the American Medical asso.
ciation. lays much stress on hurry and
worry as leading causes OF nervous ex.
hanstIon. He has this to say:
Learn to hurry little and worry not
at all, An Illustration consists IN the
fatigue In the hurry 10 catch a train,
which Is out of all proportion TO the
physical effort expended. Individuals
are too much like tho modern tele.
phone sign. always on duty For
hurried and wpxricd business or hur.
rled and worried pleasure, hurry alone
or worry alone are poisonous to the
normal functions OF the nerve system.
But the American combination of wor-
ried hurry Is deadly. Each brings into
action the worst features OF the other"
or course every one who stops 10
think will agree with the author, but
how few are able to follow his good
advice? Worry is only the extra work,
the increased wear and tear. for which
we are never paid. II always ,hinders
but never. wins. II means incapacity
for anticipated efforts. and yet we con.
stantly blame circumstances rather
than our individual selves. The man
who is always ready and takes time
to be scre before he starts never need
hurry or worry. How few can. do this
consistently! Then comes the break.
down which Is so often charged to
mere overwork. 1n SO cases In u hun.
dred 1t Is, the worry, always useless,
that eventually weakens and Kills.
The gloomy foreboding not only saps
the energy of all valiant endcavor to
conquer difficulties, but cheats us In
the end by proving the old adage, that
"the expected never happens" II we
compare notes we can easily prove the
comforting truth of the saying. II
the disconsolate man who for years
feared the death Of his invalid wife
could lave known she would survive
him for more than a quarter of a cen.
t,iry how much unnecessary mental
suffering would have been spared him!
The absolute utility Of worry is the
lesson of It all. The future, as rule,
Is more often surprise and delight
than disappointMec. and discipline
We grieve when we look ahead and
smile when we look back. But with
most people experience counts fol
nothing when new Obstacles appear.
II is the old STORY that the last d!Ai
Guilty will he c.ins,irfnountable. But ench
In his turn soon learns that he cannot
control events. disturb tho relations oil
cause aud effect or alter the immuta
bic laws of destiny, no matter how
strongly he may yearn to do so. The
only reasonable way to. adjust matters
is to wait until the, tino comes fer the
solution Of the dreaded problem.
Mostly. also, wel lack the courage
patience, good Judgment and prepared
ness to meet the issues as they arise
We wnste thought; strain nerve andI
Danish sleep in anticipation of that
which never transpires. Don't shoot
until they come out" combines lots OF
sound wisdom With no end OF good
philosophy. We not only worry in ad
vance of the thing, but after Il Is done
n VIC calmly planned our escape andI
tried our best what more could havel
been done?
a main difficulty Is In striving TO dc
too much and In overtaxing Our capaci
ties. The strong, steady. sclfrellanil
man has no misgivings, but the weak
one mistrusts every thing. himself In
cluded He contriyes against odds and
worries and hurrlos. while others cat
sleep and are merry.
But this is going to be the way with
the average nervotis American 1t was
he. In fact, who invented neurastheria |
Tho disease has become q habit with
him, and worry, hurry. restlessnesf
and irritabllity arc its leading features
lie takes his business home with him
cats with ii, sleeps with 1t, dreams
with It, II is his shadow at the fire
side and table; 1t blurs all his pleas
trcs, stands between him aad his fam
lily, all because he must borrow trouble
and mortgage happiness, health and
life In tho balance.
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