The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-09
HAPPINESS.
Depends on Your
Point Of View
BY LUCILLE DAUDET.

Do you know any happy people?
How many? Would the fingers on
one hand be too many to count
them? | may say of a half dozen
people 81 think they are happy" but
are they? If | put the question to
any one of them. would he hesitate?
Most of us recognize our mlseries,
but fail to see our good fortune. The
commonplace things. which. after all,
are the only things that count, we
deem unworthy OF ecstacy. Our lives.
we say are in the shadow. A dull
round. A deadly routine. DO you
recognize your own words? How
many Of you wake in The morning
and say II am happy"
Il Yet might you not say Il with
truth? Wherein lies your unhappi-
ness? What are your problems? Is
II money that you lack2 Or ,love2
Would you appreciate them II You
had thom? After the first novelty
has worn off we are so aot tc take
things for granted. when we dream
of fine houses, Of yachts and of mo-
tors. we believe that by the posse 4
sion of them we achieve our heaftg
desire. Yet what would really hap
pen? In short time they would be-
come an old story. and we would find
ourselves still restless. still at odds
with ourselves and with the whole
world
You will say. you are talking
now to the fich-we could not hope
for motors or yachts or cottages at
Newport" Well, then, take your
own little aspirations. Did YOU not
think that If you went to college the
world would stretch out afterwlld in
one long road of contentment? You
have finished your four years of
study. Are you radiant over the re-
suit? When YOU met the man you
afterward married YOU felt that, TO
gain his love would bel rapture. VYet.
now that the honeymoon is past are
youNstilP thankfhg the stars for whan
You have freceiYed2t4 hng aSsitO III
M AS matter Of fact, the happiest
people are0those who ,coyef. everyday
worries and unpleasant occurrences
With a mantle ofsddealisml . y Theyi's-
fuse to take life as hard thing. They
say; Mine is a ,lQpely,lif fe, and Qften
7 am forced TO bawl my song, Tho
Jolly Life Lead for, fear | should.
hear the under urfent OF misgiving
and listen for nsught else. So. like.
Figaro. | make haste to lsitgh and
fhus continue 10 delude myself, I'll n
My and by. the mood passes. and r'ca D.
look up at the stars and open sky and
know that am in tune with H. That
Is a great business of ours, assure
you, TO make a harmony"
Is yourghfe siarmonv or dis
cord? II YOU answer that YOU are
out OF tune, can hear YOU say But
il Is the fault of others "aesYou .blame
your office associates o. the members
OF your family or something or some
body beside yourself. Yet | tell you
this, that serene spirit can accom-
pllsh wonders. To meet your little
worries with a laugh, to decide your
big problems sd then forget them.
TO look beneath the surface and see
the good in others. is to find some-
thing so ea:ly approaching happi-
ness that t will be hard to draw the
line II happin ,ss means to you ex-
citerant, possession. achievement,
you ray not find IL. But II IL means
joy IN the things which are at hand,
In the love which Is yours, then IL
Ia easily within your reach. II YOU.
will only put out your hand apd take
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