The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-01-04
LEARN TO HURRY
And NOT WORRY
The NSrvsUs Hahi. = Chief Csaso or
Nervous AiImsnts.

DR.. Thomas C. Ely, Of Philadelphia,
in an article on neurasthenia in the
Journal Of the American Medical Asso-
citation, lays much stress on hurry and
worry as leading causes Of nervous ex-
haustion. He has this to say:
Learn 70 hurry little and worry not at
all. An illustration consists in the ia
tigue from the hurry to catch a train,
which is out of all proportion TO the
physical effort expended. individuals
are too much like the modern telephone
sign, Always on Duty" For hurried
and worried business or hurried and
worried pleasure, hurry alone or worry
alone, are poisonous to the normalfunc-
tions OF the nervous system. But the
American combination Of worried hurry
is deadly. Each brings into action the
worst features Of the other. :"
OF course every one who stops 20
think will agree with the author, but
how few are able TO follow his good adj
vice? Worry Is only the extra work,
the increased wear and tear, for which
we are never paid. 1t always hindeFs
but never wins. It means incapacity
for anticipated efforts, and vet VI con.
stantly blame circumstances rather than
our individual selves. The man who Is
always ready and takes time 10 bafsure
before he starts never need hurry or
worry. How few can do this Consist.
entlyI Then comes the breakdown,
which Is 80 often charged to mere over
work: In ninety-nine cases IN a hum
dred It 10 the worry, always useless,
that eventually weakens and kills.
The gloomy fOreboding not only saps
the energy Of all valiant endeavor 10
conquer difficulties, but cheats as In
the end by proving the old adage that
the expected never happens IL We
compare notes we can easily prove the
comforting truth Of the saying. II the
disconsolate, who for years feared the
death Of his invalid wife, could have
known abe would survive him for more
than quarter Of 2 century how much
unnecessary suffering would have bsen
The absolute utility az worry 4 the
lesson Of II all The future, ~ rule.
10 more often , surprise and deli0ht
than . disnppointBent and Hineipline.
We grieye When w leok nhead and
smile when We LOOK BACK. Hut with
most people eHpeEienee counts for
nothing when naW obBthe VI appear.
Il IL the old story that the lar1 difficulty
will be insurTnountablo. But each 10
his turn soon learns that he cannot con-
troll events, disturb the relations Of
cause and effect or alter thsimmutable
laws of destiny, no matter how strongly
he may learn TO do so. The only rea-
sonable way 70 adjust matters Is 10
wait until the time comes for the sOlu-
ton Of the dreaded problem.
Mostly, also, we lack the courage,
patience, good judgment and prepared
hess TO meet the issues as they arise.
We waste thought, strain nerve and
which never trsnspires. Don't shoot
until they come out" combines lots of
sound wisdom with no end of good phi
osOphy. We not only worry in advance
II the thing, but after II Is done. II
We calmly planned our escape our best
what more could have been done?
main difficulty is in striving to do
90 much and in overtaXing our capaci-
les. The strong, steady, Self-reliant
nan has no misgivings, but the weak
me mistrusts everything, himself in
luded. He cOntrives against odds and
and hurries, while Others eat,
leep and are merry.
But this is going 70 be the way with
he average nervous American. IL was
le, in fact, who invented neurasthenia.
he disease has become a habit with
i'm. and worry, hurry, restlessness and
are its leading features. He
axes his business home with him, eats
With II, sleeps with It, dreams with II.
{ IL his shadow at the fireside and Ia
lie; it blurs all his pleasures, stands
etween him and his family, all because
e must borrow trouble and mortgage
appiness, health and life In the bal
nee. New York Herald.