The Washington herald., 1912-03-03
Che mere possession Of kncWI-
edge is nothing IT is totally useless
unless II Is used.
berbert Kaufman.
How to Make Most Of Yourself;
Control Your Physical Forces.
By c. S. MADDOCKS

IADDOCKS.
man to believe his opinions are the only
right ones In the world
Perhaps friend will dare to say to such c
man. You stand In your own light" II
after the friend Is so good as 70 point out
to him the reasons why. and he then reso-
Iutely and villfully refuses to believe him.
self at fault, is unwilling to accommodate
himself to the world while expecting It TO
accommodate itself to him. he more than
likely becomes desperately sick In mind. and.
by sympathy. in body also.
There Is seldom an individual who can have
the world about him all wrong. IN his minds
eye. and not worry and fret about II. To
worry and fret is to spend good nerve power
in an absolutely negative way and who has
II to spare7 II may be necessary to row up
stream, but II the body has to bear the ad-
ditional strain which the mind imposes be-
cause II believes that alb the waters above
are in a deliberate conspiracy against one
poor individual then u Its task almost In
superable
II is no more reasonable for man to be-
Iieve that any large part OF the world is
against him than It is to believe that such
inanimate things bear him a grudge. Be-
cause the urst man you meet OF tue nTst
dozen men you meet will have no intentIon
Of giving up their way Of thinking to accept
yours. there is no sense in imposing on your
body the strain you will impose upon 1t II
you persist in believing that the whole world
is wrong and you only right.
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Ruling Passions Dangerous.
II your financial success depends on your
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cannot hold this opinion for a minute and
succeed. II you are seeking to be re-
former Il matters not how good the thing
is. how noble It might be II put into motion.
you may by your attitude towards those
whom you would convert destroy not only all
chance of promoting the good thing, but
run the risk Of losing both health Of body
and mind. Ruskin did so. ruling pas
sion is always likely to be Perilors to the
individual.
When the mind is dlstraught or the tenn
per ruffied, then simply to meet a person
who IL calm or pleasant or merry may have
the most beneficial effect. The body as
wel as the mind responds. But such out
side help Is not always to be had. How
can a man help himself? He can do Il by
deliberately reloIing his tense muscles, by
breathing deeply and SO allowing the cells
TO expand TO normal by merely forcing HIM
self into the most natural and happy phys
ical attitude. Just as telling over and
dwelling on our troubles makes US feel them
more keenly, SO telling over our blessings
or forcing our thought away from our mis-
cries relieves the physical strain and the
mental Action and reaction between mind
and body are constant and seldom neutral
they are either working good or harm. II
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body will then calm the mind.
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Cultivate Stable Mind.
The young man or woman who must face
person in authority will very likely grow
tense all over. and will so make a very bad
appearance. falling to do himself or herself
justice. Just because the mind has put the
body at tension and on such q strain that
natural behavior is out Of the question, and
terribly unnatural behavior not unlikely. In
such cases an instability of mind is a great
defect OF character. The stable mind con-
trolls the body. and the cslmer body AFFECTS
the mind favorably and makes speech and
behavior-nervous mpulses-controlled and
calm.
II, instead OF saying over / am so afraid "
or - wish it were over" the nerves getting
more tense with eacn repetition. the young
person would say, '' / am not afraid: there
is no sense In my being. I am going to be
sensible and control my hands and tongue
and think Of something else until the time
comes to do So" the physical tension would
be relaxed and the chances for success be
many times multiplied Everywhere men
are looking for controlled power.
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Nerve" Illness Preventable.
when people who have INDUCED themselves
in anger, resentment worry anxiety, impa-
thence. and annoyance-all ways Of opposing
the world-have reached actual illness, being
sick with nerves" then are they cured by
eating nourishing food and eating II prop
erly; by breathing fresh air deeply; by taking
vigorous exercise. by concentrating their at
tentton on putting their physical self In or
der. II. before they mad reached the stage Of
actual illness. they mad done those same
things to the end of not remembering their
anger. their annoyances. their impatience,
they might have saved themselves much
time and wear and tear.
The tremendous power Of mind and irnasi-
nation over the body has had thousands of
ilfustrious proofs: the destruction of mind
by body and the construction Of mind through
body are not so much and so often empha-
doing its work merely because the bodily
circulation was poor.
There seems to be a danger inherent In the
giving OF much thought to the body, but that
men have constantly gone to the other ex-
trerne there is little doubt. SOur body stands
between US and the world 1t is both shield
and buffer. and for the latter work Il needs
TO be at It's very most alert q
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Exercise Dormant Strength.
Some wise and noble teachers have said
that so long as we are able to do our days
work and enjoy the rest that follows IL, so
long Is Il our duty to give no further thought
to the body. But " our days work may not
be the days work which we might do under
the best copditions OF body and soul So long
as We have glimpses OF the possession OF
higher power than we ever exercise; when
ever we are conscious that something Is keep
ing US from exercising the strength that lies
dormant In US, we are justified In lookinE1o
our bodies for defect. They are not fully
accommodating themselves to the world in
our fullest interest.
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