The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-05-24
The Art OF Being Happy

The very title to this article sug
seSts the most important thing fol
enc 10 know about happiness. that il
$ somethins We can control. and not
something that controls us writes
Ut Frank Crane in Womans World
Stsi June. - BstA
Htsvc can lcarnetS 5 he happy. Just as
We can learn to be studious, diligent
icr neat.
cycle, diuicult aud fearsomc al frst
j but when you have caught the kuack
/ IL IS easy as second nature.
II is not matter OF temperament
/ ANY morbid soul can become stately
tconlented il he Will
! II Is not a matter OF circum stances.
. u does not depend upon health, mon
Ie> mXuries or any such thing
This is the hardest truth. almost
i' the world fer ordinary folk 20
see. Yet is absolutely vital You
must try 10 see il or there is no hope
for vou So long as you nurse the
false idea that your joy in life de.
pends upon anything outside of YOUR
self, YOU are foredoomed TO misery
t Ii YOU are going TO be happy il is
yourself that you must 30 10 work at
and not other people nor outside
things
Paul and Barnahas sang i'm prison.
That which amazed the pagan world
IN the character o. the early Chris
tians vas that even in torture and
death they smiled one az another and
sang hymns.
The secret you must seek is the
one that can make you triumph over
all that happens 10 YOU.
Now this secret is not one resery-
ed for only lew chosen souls. il is
fer everybody. free as air and water.
And the first thing TO learn is 10
find your happiness in the simple
things of life
These are with YOU always. they
surround YOU every minute To get
the knack OF enjoying them is 10 lay
the foundation OF an satisfaction.
There is air Did YOU ever turn
yonr mind upon it, and try TO appIe-
ciale il? When in the morning YOU
90 from your close bedroom into cod S
outdoors and draw great draughts of
? iAAlA SNffA ittlbO4 tntO our LNHESt
DON take il rs a matter OF course
and 20 on worrying over your iron
hles try TO taste and realize how
sood II is.
There is water. What infinite mo
nenlS OF pleasure II has given you.
sparkling in the glass. or reviying
your dusty throat or splashing cool
and fe-giving upon your face Think
! oW you have neglected the kisses OF
this simple lover OF mankind,
And now good are bread and but
fet and milk and all the simple
creatures that rejoice the bodys nat
ural wants
And have you learned how TO draw
pleasure from natures $ beauty? There
IS loy for YOU wrapped up in every
Hover every tree. I'm the clouds Of
evening, in the stars OF night. in the
river and mountain Practice finding
this kind Of pleasure Better learn
10 owe nature than learn to love
champagne or tobacco.
When YOU have once got in the way
OF tasting and liking ife's simple
Things you Will discover that YOU
have found the truest culture. You
rill be not a false but real "sn. |
nerior person. for YOU will have an
inward fountain of refreshment the |
world knows not of
Keep away rom the immoralities !
The wisdom OF mankind. after age3 |
q experiment has settled If that \
those things we call immoral embltter
and destroy lie
Don't make any experiments here
lou don't have TO be bitten by a rat
iesnake TO know that il win Kill /
.ou Take other peoples word for i
II is not to be denied that there
3 certain pleasure in doing wgona
The bov doubtless enjoys stealing ap-
lies. There is something ENJOYABLE
evidently In living, cheating gamb.
lne swearing, ana uncleanness or
'eople Nud'j not keep aotng such
hjnes
Bat tie trouble We those Gnnas a.
.fat'ticarlon is t2, they do not last
md they de tro> our capacity Tor en-
owing he things that do last.
a Baizac saws These pleasures
e like certain drugs. to obtain con-
mousy the same effects one must
eep doubling the dose. which means !
cath or brutality"
do not speak here Of the religious ;