Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-23
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 Now that the spring is here. we shall miss our blazing hearth fires and our talks on the hearth rug. my sister friend and I, my Lady Greatheart, as call her Spring is delightful We are reveling in the budding greeneries, tine blossomine trees and baby foliage, the creeping on and on over hillocks and into hollows of the tender leaves of grass, the bloom of the springtime skies, the strips and s11reds of cloud drift across the bdue-we love 1t all By and by we shall haunt the woods and sit under trees. look up at the sky, and down into the good brown earth alive with all the industrdes and busy hum and joyous activities of na ture, and we shall talk together in words or in silences. as our own inner nature wills But though we greet fair spring with the glad hand and heart of welcome still, the other night, when it rained and the wind blew and the witches of the wild were out, we were pleased to light our hearth fire and curl down on the rug for one of our talks.
 DO you dread the future?" asked Are you ever afraid of it
 'sThe far future" she questioned Cor the near? Do you mean Am l afraid to die?"
 Not that-yet." answered. q mean the near future, tomorrow, next week, next year. Do you dread every change, fearing the unknown?"
 sT used to- she replied. There was a time when I used to lie awake at night. tossing and turning, in fear and dread and excruciating anxiety. But I never do it now. cured myself of that"
 Tell me how" urged. '"rhe future is one vast fear for 1ne. I believe it to be for almost everybody She thought moment; then, T be- gan to study into the meaning of things" said she, into law, into cause and effect. Slowly began to lose faith in the power of evil as opposed to the power of good. and to see that good must in the end win out Slowly I began to see that the eternal law is good. law of justice, and that by putting ourselves in line with it we can overcome the fear of evil Gradu- ally began to fear evil less and to trust good more. watched the work ing of things, happenings, incidents and events, sequences and conse- quences. In little ways I tried to test the law of good and to work in accord with it's operation in my daily affairs. It all went slowly made many mis- takes, make them still. But I found that in trusting the law of good my courage rose, could put more heart in my work, was more cheerful and far happier, it became easier to look on the bright side and refuse to look on the dark. I found. too. that the good law takes care of me-" Tt sounds vague" I objected, land intangible"
 She did not resent this. Instead, Let me see if can make it clearer. p she said. Take the matter of disap- pointments. Life seems to be a sue
 cessfon eof dfsappointments to many people. I set myself to learn if this need be so, and what disappointments mean"
 Did you find out" asked. If so, doubtless the world win be indebted to you for enlightenment
 Don't scoff," she laughed, '@you don't do it well. Yes. think found out: at least, for myself. Disappointments 1 come of putting ourselves in opposi- | tion to law, instead of swinging with ! it, of reaching out for something that | is not for us, and, as a consequence