The Tupelo journal., 1911-03-17
Those Who Want the Moon.

conditions IN lie! The poor always
lon. for riches, and the rich 10 be iich-
er still.
We seldom stop to be thankful for
the blessings we have. but are always
watching the moor. abov,
with a half expressed desire for it in
onr hearts.
Content is a mental will the wisp
all are seeking but few attain.
VT every one might succeed if he
would think more Of what he has and
more of what he wants. Daily exper-
ienee must convince us that those who
possess what we covet are not a jot
more happy than we are ourselves.
WI Y, then, should we labor and toll in
cha ina disappointment? How few feel
gratitude for what they have, compar-
ed with those who pine for what they
have not. The old motto seems to APP
ply to the most Of US, and not to
have everything is to have nothing.
Like the famous duke Of Buckingham,
some are more impatient of success
than others are of rcyerses; by baskins
in the sunshine Of fortune they may
become soul and turn to vinegar.
At this season Of the year We should
all be content. The earth is donnins
a garment Of virgin green; the
flowers are pink and white and gold
and fragrant: the sky. which bends
ab.ye us, is of the tenderest blue; the
the streams which ripple down Tie
mountainsides are clearer and mere
sparkling than jewels. and all this is
not enough. We cry for the moon.
Maybe you live in a small towr
with a big yard in front Of your home
and a bountiful garden behine; may
be you live out in the country, where
you can be close to God and nature
AMI are far removed from the smoke
fumes aud wickedness of the city; may.
be you live among the green fields, neal
the babbline brook of crystal clearnes.
that tired city jewellers travel many
miles just to be near. If this is the
case, that moon you are crying for is
the great, big, noisy city moon, where
YOU believe life is so much more inter
estina than it is in your little nest of I
home. Therefore you are disconnected
Maybe you are a victim Of the city
sdi content and cry for the noon. Their
the neon You are crying for is probably
4 weller home han the n you have
maybe Il IS for greater wealth than you
possess and the advancement you have
not received. There is always some
thing. Few Of US are ever satisfied, and
if we are it is only an uncertain state,
of brief duration.
II is not good to get in the habit OF
for the noon. To be sure it is
habit, and one that is quite easy ac-
and very difficult to get rid Ct.
1t usually first starts through envy.
1t begins on the very day that you
gaze on your neighbor, that seems more
fol tunate than you are. You wish tn;
YOU could do as your neiehbor does.
ami the first cry for the moon goes ont
from your heart.
Follow this little spark Of envy up,
adj fuel to it every once and a while
AMI your voice will achieve a harsh
note and your eyes sn expression OF
The froyn and the harsh
note in the voice are the most certain
symtoms that you are crying for the
HoeH.
Laugh with your woodland brook,
with your blue March skies, keep
POUR health and count your blessings,
and in this way allow no time to fall a
to the crying for the moon hab-
is.
Let this plain truth those inerates
strike
Who still, though blessed, new bles7
sings crave;
That V may all have what We like.
Simply BY liking what We have
Or, If this fall let us call ARITHMETIC
.-J 1,,r -oufart frou, ~ r.