Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-03-18
Don't Hurry. Don't Worry.


There is an old Arabic proverb which
says that hurry is the devil. If this be
true. then surely worry must he his twin
brother, for almost invariably the two go
hand in hand
The chief enemy of the mentality is
worry, Of the body. hurry Either of
these perniciOus evils weaken the breath
ing apparatus. the result Of which is
spasmodic respiration, and spasmodic
respiration changes the chemicals of the
blood. reducing the red corpuScles aud
impairing circulation.
When the body and brain cells are not
properly nouriShed vitality runs low and
the entire being suffers loss. Hurry and
worry shatter nerves and dethrone intel
lect They are life-takers, and should
be stamped out
To these twin spoilers may he attrihUt-
ed nine -tenthS of the illness unhappinpSs
and general restIessness and misery pc
culiar to our age. If business, social or
domestic affairs do not move exactly to
our liking we should not worry about il,
nor should we Try to hurry matters.
Forced conditions cause dsharmony. and
dlSharm0ny causes everything most to be
dreaded and avoided in life.
Nature never hurries, consequently she
never makes mistakes. She gives to ey-
erybody and TO everything time. space
and opportunity for development An
lmmutable law exists by which all things
in the universe are governed. When we
move III harmony with this law peace
and success attend us, but when we turn
law breaker trying 10 run things to
please ourselves, we always suffer loss
The man or woman who hurries little
and worries sti. Hess usually has an hour
for a friend, a moment for the stranger.
and time sufficient to do things and do
them well
We may condemn and ridicule the for
eigncr for his slOwness, his inactivity
and lack Of enterprise. However. the
well-bred foreigners has time to be court
eous upon all occasions, thing that we,
as a nation, are singularly remiss in.
We are prone to feel that the foreigner
has been born to polite conventions Very
well, then, we who are not to the man
ner born should cultivate courtesy. If we
do not possess it 10y right Of Inheritance
then we should set about acquiring it,
for a life without courtesy. which means
llidDess as well. is Il selfish one-a dead
existence at best.
BE II known that foreigners look upon
us as freaks because Of our hasty pro
clivities. No foreigner ever hurries an
til after he has been in America An
incident which aptly illustrates this fact
Is told Of a German who, after spending
some time ON this side. returned to his
native hearth. filled with unrest His
friends looked upon him in amazement
What is wrong Why this haste? they
inquired. The German looked perplexed,
and after a moments meditation ex
claimed, Wy. / must haf Americauitis."
TIr~-y is the owl spirit which domiu-
ates iany Of M Dl day, and worry the
incubus which - night drives sleep from
weary eyes and sends the blood gallopin.
in fiery rivers 10 already OyerwrOu2ht.
haf-fed brains.
Whenever we feel acitated. nervous
and irritable we should let down the ten
sion. ve should relax and rest. This can
be done only by putting on the brake If
viii power, thus posing the soul and
all Ills agents. We should not try 70
cross bridges where will never 1e built
but in our Imagination. never borrow trou-
BILE since for trouble 70 be troubled is
To have our trouble doubled 3"
Some poet has said, "Of an the hard