The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-01-02
TuE SPIRIT IN WHICH you WORK

@TY Out Oh HAS 1aSA ny AO SAAB
n Has Not Learned the First
Principles or Happiness.
The attitude with whit b q nan
approaches his task has every |
thing to do with the quality and
efficiency of the work, and with
it's influence upon his character
What man does is part OF him
self. It is the self express
sion of what he stands for. Our
life-work is an out-picturlng OF
our ami ition, our ideals, our real
selves. If you see a mans work
you see the man.
No man can respect himself, or
have that sublime faith in him
self, which is essential to all high
achievement, when he puts
mean, half-hearted, slipshod ser
vice into what he does. H. cao-
mot get his highest self-approvai
until he does his level best. No
man can do his best, or call out
the high st thing in him, while
be regards his occupation as
drudgery or bore.
Under no circumstances allow
our-self to do anything as =
drudge. Nothing is more de
moralizing. No matter if cir
cumstances force you to do some
kthing that is distasteful; compel
yourself to find something inter.
esting and instructive in it. E7
erything that is necessary to be
done is full of interest. 1t is al
a question of the attitudeof minc
in which we go to our task.
T If your occupation is distaste
: full, every rebellious thought, ev
I cry feeling of disgust only sur
r rounds you with a failure atmos
r phere, which is sure to attrac
D more failure. The magnet tina
d brings success and Happiness
It must be charged with a positive
optimistic, enthusiastic force.
y The man who has not learne
J. the secret Of taking the drudger
= out of his task by loving it, b
II finging his whole soul into it, ha
IL not learned the firsi principles
b success or happiness. It is pei
d, fectIy possible to exalt the mos
a. ordinary business by bringing
p it the spirit of master, as I
a. make it a dignifed vocation.
re The trouble with US is that n
d, drop into a humdrum existenC
d. and do our work mechanical,
with no heart, no vim, and I
- purpose. We do not learn IL
fine art of living for growth, fl
ed mind and soul expansion. y
az just exist.
It was not intended that al
necessary employment should
of merely commonplace. There
he a great meaning in it ala glo,
he in it. Our possibilities, our de
ia tiny are in it, and the good of t.
world.
ID, Why is it that most peoE
gs think that the glory of life do
is not belong to the ordinary VOC
16, tions-that this belongs to t
IN artist, to the musician, to t
"a writer, or to some one of t
ith more gentle a nd what we C
of "dignifed" professions? The
.se is as much dignity and grande
Iif- and glory in agriculture as
, o craftsmanship or authorship.
mt Some people never see a
ID beauty anywhere. They have
Ter soul for the beautiful. Othe
70. see it everywhere. Farming
one man is a humdrum existen,
a an unbearable vocation, a mon
in onOus routine; while anotE
pt- sees the glory and the dignity
ew it, and takes infinite pleasure
lii mixing brains with the soil a
ont in working with the Creator
ase produce grander results.
,st [ knew a cobbler in a little ,
da lage who took infinitely M
7ir. pride in his vocation than did
ing lawyer or even the clergy man
AR. that town. know a farmer "
the takes more pride in his crC
ars than any other person in
on. community takes in his yocati
in He walks over his farm as pro
ly as monarch might ira
led through his kingdom. This tt
vav master farmer will introduce
+ a visitor to his horses and &C
a and other animals as though Il
Tlli. were important personae
lor. That is the kind of enthusia
h a that takes. the drudgery out
Da- the farm and makes a joy GU
has life which, to many, is 80 dull