The Washington herald., 1910-02-20
By THE OPTIsIIST.
she sat ike Patience "a a monument
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Not very many people practice it resu-
larly. It is very hard to suffer in silence,
and it is often regarded as a sign of
weakness.
The wise man OF woman will learn TO
keep quiet and not make an outburst
when things don't go just right. They
will wait for the propitious moment to
assert themselves. The patient man or
woman never does things in the heat OF
anger to be sorry for afterward.
II you want to accomplish anything do
not give away to petty outbreaks of i'm
patience. So far from being an evidence
Of strength, this is the true stamp of
weakness. not the suffering in silence.
Patience is the ability to wait II is the
habit of lying low as it it were. until
your cause Is ripe and then with all your
strength making yourself felt As ! stat
ed last Wednesday. / do not want any Of
my optmists TO confuse patience with
resignation. Patience doesn't mean lying
down on the ground and letting who will
walk over you. II you are slow TO anger
or resentment. your patience may be mis-
interpreted. but never mind. Wait. The
time for YOU TO assert your own person
atty will be sure TO come.
Work requires patience. Success comes
but slowly at best. and he who has pa
thence 10 wait and to work will be nearer
the goal at the end than he who would
ny about at a dozen tangents, only 10
come back and start all over again.
Much more is attained by methOdical
and persevering application than by a
brilliant coup, which by reason Of its fail
me VIII attract the more attention be-
cause Of being spectacular. The tortoise
who Won the race from the hare had pa
thence II the hare had really been bril-
liant or logical he would have waited
until he reached the goal before he laid
down to sleep. Ease should come after
work is accomplished.
How often we see people about us who
haven't the patience To wait until they
have earned success before they begin TO
enjoy it. Persons who earn salaries often
have them spent before they are earned,
SO that they are perpetuaily in debt and
always without ready money This comes
from lack of patience. The money is
coming, they know, and they cannot re-
sist the temptation 20 buy something
they want and usually do not need, and
when the money does come it is needed
for other things.
Patience is the exercise Of self-controI
In many ways patience enters into the
daily life, and it is about the daily life
and the days work that we as optimists
are chiefly concerned. The principles of
right living we endeavor TO make our
study. If we overlook patience as
means of making the day smoother and
brighter, we overlook one OF the crown
ing qualities that so 10 make up char
acter.
do not agree with the poet who said
that sad patience" is too near neigh
Dor to despair" Despair is not a word
that you viii find in the lexicon of opti-
mism. except among those that are on
the blacklist
Just because a man is calm and is able,
with unruffled temper. to endure when
things go wrong that is no sign that he
entertains a near neighbor 10 despair"
On the contrary. the patient man never
gives up. He has so much self-control
that he is able TO weather the gales of
adversely with composure and without
despair
Patience may be cultivated; it is hab-
it of mind, and every optimist Will real
ize, I am sure. its value for the daily
conduct. If you are wise you will be pa
tent. and with that patience will come a
superior wisdom, the wisdom of knowing
how to work and TO wait at the same
time; TO strive with all your might to
build character and to aid in the worlds
betterment and at the same time realize
that results are not always evident from
the start. Patience gives calm and con-
tent 10 the well-balanced mind
Optimists VIII be glad to know that
Pastor 'zed II. COpp will preach a special
sermon to the members of The Washing
ton Herald Optimist Club on Sunday
evening, February q, at Bethany Pres
byterian Chapel. Thirteenth and c streets
northwest.
Rev. Mr.. Copp is one of our leading
Optimsts and has been identified with
sociological work in this city for a long
time. He is doing great work in this re-
spect. He has been Identified with the
international Sunshine Society since its
organization and is now the chaplain of
the organization
The highway Of happiness" will be
the topic upon which Mr.. Copp will speak,
and / consider it a splendid opportunity
for US all to hear words Of cheer and
help from one who has been laboring for
the uplift and who has accomplished
great things. Our brother optimist will
show in his discourse how all things work
together for a common good, and I want
Just as many of the members of this club
as are able to 90 and hear this sermon.
We don't want to overlook, any of the
good things Of life, and I am sure we
shall all be the better for going to hear
Rev. Mr.. Copp next Sunday evening.
"Comradeship" is the title for the dis
cussOn next Sunday. and the contribu-
tons. as usual. should be on my desk
not later than Wednesday, the sd In
slant
Two months of 1910 have nearly gone
and we are having splendid results in the
matter of getting new members for the
club. I shall continue to print the names
of those who join in the upper right hand
corner Of the page. We do not hear
from all of our optImists every Sunday.
and there are some contributors whose
names I have missed for many weeks.
hope no one is ever discouraged by not
seeing his contribution printed on Sun
day. Those who get left out one week