, 1909-11-25
Small Worries

IrD 81 L-dbeate.n hsono5sr rns3ophist has son excellent ad-
geaa give rast-tn +ud lv rcs.. VII ca til, sun reprints for the
50 benefit of its render. After explaining he says:
.NbHt ae himself doas or says OF THINKS iso Importance to him, for that
forms his future what otbes p opie do or say or think matters to hjm moth
ing wauar.. LH bm abstract himself from all the little pin prcks of daily
b, ml =mnIg decline tie be worried by them.
tt wJlu.eJ some resolution af first for it requires effort to conquer . we'll
established uad habit. He will find hi= mind muterug to him over aud over
t-n' "alr= Jones spoke evil 6 me- perhaps she is doing it now perhaps
a.aer po3l. may believe herr perhaps IL may do me harm," and Sc on adj
niuuuu But ha must reply: 81 dout care what Mrs. Jones has aid, tho
.u sorry '7 poor woman s. olld make such bad karma. absolutely de
-Ua. TO tdaaa' 1T or her I haTe my workt to do aud have no time to waste
m rmntug G foolish gossip '
a.u my bsthat oab7dmes Of coming evil are constantly thra,uas them
SELVES into m- brains .2erhapsne year may lose my position perhaps /
ues b. stuvugf perhaps may be buarupt perhaps I may lose the affect
iu ai some Gdeud" This also should be met firmly: PERHAPS all these
thing my happeu but also perhaps they may not aud it IS useIss, to try t.,
cross d. bridge before one comes 10 it. ! shall take all reasonable precautions.
aud when that is dous decline to think further of the matter Worryino
ctln0. Affect whatever may be coming but if can aud certainly will make me
uuit TO meett Therefore ] refuse to worry, l definitely turn my back on
he whole subject"
Us the folly of taking ofsnse at something which somebody else says o. does.
Ordinary c'nnonssnse would lead a mau to advoid this mistake, yet those
Who do avoid it arc very few. It needs only That we should think dspasshn-
re' about ha natter aud we hall SEE that what the other man has said or
lan.. lnu2t make iugd.Taruss Gus Ihehs said SON sthing which has hurt
one feelings ra may b sure that in ume cases out ten he has not meant if
." %" "uesNe NhF Then should we allow ourselves to be disturbed about
mo mrsr. Eru m .he rare cases when a rem uk is Intentionally rui. or
spiefuL where nnu mas sad spnsthjog plr,oshy to wound another, it is
7Nj exceedingly p1I'l Of nat Jme to allow himself to feel hurt If the
mRn ut 40 evil Intention in what he said, he is much to he pined. for
w" tuoa that under the law Of divine justice he will certainly SUITE. for his
I1aiehuess Whath has SAID need in no way affect US for, if we think Of
10 no effect whatever has really been produced.
The irritating word does not I'D any way iLure us except in so far as We
mHy choose to take ID up aud iu5ure ourselves bv br1piiug ,var tnT ,l",ia
ourselves 20 be wounded IN our feelings. What are the words of another
UHt Ne sAol.i It our serenity be disturbed by them? They are roeoI,
vibration in the atmosphere: if It had not happened that ue baarl 49, ."
heard of them, would they have Affected us2 II not. then it is obHrions mn,
the words that have injured us, but the fact that We heard them oifua
allow ourselves to care about what a man has said, it is we who re ssnons
has d0oe ani eau do nothing that can harm U.S. if we feel hurt aud injured
'I thereby make ourselves a great deal Of trouble, we have only ourselves
=" 'awk iuru liza disturbance arise. within our astral b, lies in rErsncs
"~' Dag 7''' '" " nshY because We have not yet gained control
over those 1oio# we have not yet deyepoped the cunuess which enables No.
" NE down as souls upon all this, and 20 ou our way aud attend to onr
ny otherm men.