Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-10
Don't Worry.

Around their name above a grave.
Don't Worry.
Look here. Years ago I made up my
mind that when anything went wrong
would ask myself honestly and earn
estly, Can I do any good by thinking
about it? Am I to blame in any way?
If so, do not let me spare myself.
Can l do anything to put better face
upon it? If, after looking at 1t honestly
all around, found I could do no good
I made up my mind that I would give
up thinking about it,"
Most Of those who worry-who find
an obnoxious circumstance intruding
upon their waking hours-realize that
it does no good to think about. IT..
They would be glad to put 1t aut of
their minds. But they have not ac-
quired that same command of their
attention--a control developed by right
which enables them to file away their
difficulties for future reference and go
on with the duties Of the present hour.
A good christian must learn to follow
the scriptural injunction-forget the
things that are behind and press for
ward to the things that are before.
We can not revise and correct the rec
ord of past years-so there is no use
repining; but we can even up matters
by lettering the record of the coming
year.
If mistakes have been made, 1t is
wise to consider whether there may
not be something of value in the les
son and IN the situation produced. In
this way, very often, 1t is possible to
win compensations out of failure or
INSTRUMENTATION, in the end, make
the mistake or the false step not SO
disastrous after all; just as good
general, wasting no time In vain re-
grets. sometimes turns defeat into
victory.
Sorrows and losses and bereave-
ments are inevitable to all who enter
upon life-sure to come somewhere in
the process of years, whether inter-
mittently or after a long period Of
peace and happiness. And to err is
human 1t is how these things are
borne that make the test whether a
man or woman is of good and strong
and christian character; it is their eff
feet on disposition and conduct. They
chasten and elevate some; and crush
others. And in still other instances,
warp, discourage, demoralize and
harden; then they are misfortunes in
deed.
Does anyone expect to get thru life
without being misunderstood? We are
sometimes misunderst ood-and hear of
it: We are frequently misunderstood
and never know it, In the first in
stance, it may or may not be worth
while to clear up matters. Time alone
can heal the hurts we Know not of.
II costs trouble and worry and mis-
understanding to live and to breathe
the pure air and to enjoy the warm sun
light. Let us pay our score cheerfully,
since it can not be helped. Undue
sensitiveness herein, is not normal. We
need more moral pluck.
If all is right with our own con-
sciences, all is we'll. These are situa-
lions in life which bristle with causes
of misunderstanding. SO that even ones
best friends are apt to be disputed.
There are, too, people who are pain
fully predisposed to misunderstood.
We can't help that; nor need we stop
living or breathing because our fellow
christians see things thru uncharitable
spectacles.
A physician has written book on
the cause and cure of worry-which
seems to be growing disease Of civil
kation. He suggests physical cures for
worry; and also mental cures. Among
the former are such things as rest,
sleep, change Of scene, exercise in the
open air, recreation and a proper diet.
Much can be done by walking, or by a
visit to a theater. Offering bright,
cheerful play. The mental cures sug-
gested are: interest In other and high
er things than ones business or pro-
fession, good books, music and art, the
pursuit of some scientific fad the habit
of thinking about large, abstract, cos
mic problems, etc. The message Of re-
lfgion and the ordering of ones scheme
of life more with a realizing sense Of
the littleness of time and the vastness
Of eternity, ought to quiet the ordinary
worries. II it is true that te1npera-
ment and disposition have much to do
with how lightly or how seriously we
bear our troubles, that which is back of
all these and fundamental to our out
looks and our aims = to-wit, the
philosophy that we adopt as underly-
Ing our life, should be the truest cure
for the worries that beset us.
Why DON'T You 90 to Church,
You are too tired to 90 to church.
That's sheer nonsense. There isn't
place on this continent 90 restful
as church. You are going to lie
around the house all day; doxe in a
hammock; Toll IN rocking chGir; go
to sleep over q book. That isn't
resting; that's ioafing. Tell your
self honestly. did you ever in all
your life see q loafer who didn't
look tired. Resting is the hardest
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