The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-08-01
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The QUEST OF HAPPINESS.

! Let's 'fess up! We're hunting many
different things. but down deep IN
derneath we are all, saint and sinner,
hunting one special thing Diogenes
was seeking an honest man: the wO-
man in the parable lost piece of sill
yer; Columbus short route to the
| gold Of the Indies; Ponce de Leon the
fountain Of youth; Il be old Tibetan
lama sought to escape from the wheel
of things and wandered all over India
looking for the river Of life that he
might see the great god Brahma face
to face. One seeks fame. mother
health, another love. But whatever
that thing is, its real object is to bring
us what we think is the supreme gift
happiness. | think that most Of US
are convinced that money and happi-
ness are the same thing. We use the
terms INTERCHANGEABLE. Sure! And
by the same token poverty and misery
mean the same thing. Happiness
spells different things to different peo-
pie. II you want some thought to
chew on for week ask the next dozen
persons you meet what Is their idea OF
happiness. People usually have too
much or not enough wit to be happy.
Carlyle said, what Is thought but
the daughter of paint" The happiest
people I've met were idiots at an In
sane asylum where was chaplain.
They laughed hilariously at trifes;
played with their fingers like kittens
with a straw. A straw hat was
crown: faded shawl was ermine; bits
Of paper made one fabulously wealthy.
1.-THE Pursuit Of Happiness"
Thomas Jefferson declared in the i'm
mortal Declaration that among our In
alienable rights were life, liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness" have
neighbor who is trying to pursue 1t In
big red touring car. Recently he
took another mans wife along to
help find 1t. And that deeting figure
they are breaking more than one speed
law to overtake they will find to be
not happiness, but trouble Happiness.
like many of the best things of life, Is
incidental, byproduct She is coy
maiden; seek her and she slips away:
tend to your work and pretend you
don't care and she will slip her arms
around your neck. mean that II
man makes 1t his business to find hap
piness he will come back disappointed.
Let him deliberately say, II am going
to be happy. cost what 1t WILL" chances
are he will be miserable. Happiness
Is cheap; its counterfeits are expen-
sive. It's when we are not seeking
happiness particularly that we find It,
When we aim at something beyond 1t
steals out and joins us on the road,
like Christ walking with the disciples
on the way to Emmaus. Put it down
as simple axiom: Seek 1t, 1t vanishes;
forget it for better things, 1t comes I'M
asked. an angel unaware. Its stay is
short and Is missed only when gone.
The Scotch cynic also said: Happiness
is a common fraction 1t is easier to
increase value by dividing the denomi-
nator than by multiplying the numer-
ator." What you have is the numera-
tor; what you think you ought to have
is the denomination. Figure that out
and be happy.
Enemies of Happiness.
No man is happy who knows he has
a stomach. No man ever died trium-
plant death who had trouble below
his diaphragm. mean that one Of the
first rules of the game Is good diges-
ton. The great vegetative organs OF
the body are lodged in two large cavi-
ties of the trunk separated by thin
muscle-the diaphragm under your
belt. The chest cavity is above, con-
tanning heart and lungs; below Is the
abdominal cavity, holding liver, kid
neys, stomach, intestines If disease
is above your apron strings the general
spirits are not much affected. Below
the third button of your vest is the
cause of depression, discomfort, de
spair. ! have church member whose
piety suspect is disease Of the
liver. Anxiety is also gloom imp In
the camp of joy Tomorrow Is often
the sword Of Damocles suspended over
the feast of today. Idle folks are to
be pitied, especially the rich-theyve
no purpose in life, no work to grip I'M
certain days together. If you haven't
experienced the WEAKNESS of flesh
vexation of spirit, excavation of dis
sipation that wealth and luxury bring.
IL you don't know the meaning of en-
nul. thank God Little do you know
yorr own blessedness.
The Fields of Elys:um.
know man whom folks call sue
cessfu,. They send flowers and con-
gratulations and think him happy. He
shifts the air and mutters, "Fools!
Then goes home and teaches his baby |
to make "patty cakes" with her little
hands. Get It? 1t isn't found in red
touring cars. the applause Of men or
the love Of women The sunshine of
children comes from their unBestrained
plunge into commonplace things. They
forget yesterday and don't anticipate
tomorrow. We're afraid to trust in the
moment. Strange that there should
even be a happiness that makes the