The Washington herald., 1912-01-24
STOP LOOKING FOR FAVORS;
BEGINTOW WORKFOR SUCCESS
Whoever You Are, Whatever You Are, You Owe a
Debt to the World, Debt Which You Must
Pay Some Time, Somewhere.
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

There are many people going through
the world trying to do the impossible
thing; trying to obtain something for
nothing.
1t cannot be done.
There is clause attached TO every
seeming gift which mortals receive, a
clause saying, For value received
promise to pay.
And every human being either has paid
in this life or in past lives for his bless
ings, or is paying for them, or must pay
for them.
The woman who has beauty must pay
the price OF suffering, IL. she does not
realize her debt early, and pay interest
by turning her personal charms to Gods
purposes by making herself a power for
good.
The whole world is in love with beauty,
nnd the influence of a fair woman, who
has intelligence high aspirations, an un-
selfish heart, and an ambition to make
her life worth while, is greater than that
of some strong-armed warrior or some
man Of vast learning. II she but knows II.
Beautiful women are sent into the
world to sweeten and brighten and bet
ter it. Woe unto her who shall ignore
her debt and set forth to make herself a
power for personal ends, and who wor-
ships, not the Creator who made her.
but the mere mortal mold in which she
Is cast,
Interest shall yet be demanded of her.
not 6, not 10. but 100 per cent, and she
shall pay in tears and anguish of soul.
The men and women of wealth born to
riches need not imagine good fortune is
theirs by mere right OF birth.
1t Is Only Lent Them.
1t is only lent to them, and they must
pay the interest by right living, by
humanitarian methods of thinking and
scting. and by full sense of the no.
bilfty which obliges or suffer the final
consequences.
Mental gifts, genius, talents-these are
dangerous presents TO receive from the
Great Giver without full consciousness
that they necessitate a return.
For without this consciousness they be-
come boomerangs and beat to earth those
who take them and use them selfishly
or thoughtlessly.
Whoever you are whatever you are,
You owe a debt to the world, a debt
which you must pay some time, some
where.
If you are poor and Ill and homeless
you owe it to the world 10 show how
great is your divine self and how you
can rise above all such conditions by
sheer will based on consciousness OF the
iIlimitablc powers back Of you.
Do Not Despair.
Once you fully realize this there Is no
miracle you cannot perform.
Never mind how late in life you be-
gin, do not despair. For every effort
you make TO build yourself a new body
and a new happiness and a new inde-
pendence shall count just as much on
your birthright the next step you take
in life.
So start this very day TO- think of all
you owe TO the world, all you owe 10
humanity yet unborn. and all you owe to
Your real self.
Stop looking for benefits and favors
and begin to work toward that success
which will enable you to pestow rather
than to receive; to pay debts rather
than incur them. And remember, this
IS the law.
Life is a ShylOck; always it demands
The fullest Usmer's interest for each pleasure
Gifts not frely scattered by its hands;
We make returns for every borrowed treasure.
Each talent, each achievement. and each gain |
Necessitates penalty to pay.
Delight imposes lassitude and pain,
As certainly as darkness follows day. |
All YOU bestOw on causes or men.
OF love or hate, Of malice devotion,
Somehow, some time. shall be returned again |
There Is wasted toll, lost emotion.