Omaha daily bee., 1914-04-08


regard time as cruel monopolist who
will wrest from you all your dearest pos
sessions and give you nothing in return.
Sou are preparing the way for such fears
- materialize.
But it rests with you TO make the
years generous and benevolent instead
OF grasping and cruel
The years may be compared TO droves
Of Mild horses. If you fly in terror before
II IN they will trample you under their
{. II, but II you tame and harness them
&ey will carry your chariot to the sum-
INIT of success.
Again we may think of them as adopts,
and masters; dwelling in the temple of
BE, ready to impart their wisdom to
those who come reverently to them;
those who bring patience and faith in
the search of eternal truths.
1t has been the custom OF the foolish
world for ages to think. talk and write
of beauty. JOY and happiness as per-
tanning only to early youth.
This same foolish and mistaken world
has educated women in the idea that
each year, after her first score, comes to
her as an enemy-a highwayman-bent
upon robbing her OF all she holds most
precious.
1t has taught man to regard as a linn
tied one his period of mental and physical
prowess and so these false and unwhole-
some traditions have helped to hurl the
race into premature decay and death.
The wise individual faces each year
with expectancy, and courage. mingled
with reverence yet with an inner con-
sciousness of superiority
-
courage to meet whatever comes; reyer-
ence for the accumulated wisdom which
the years carry, and a, sense of superior
ity through the, knowledge that mankind
is the highest expression of the creative
power yet evolved. and the possession of
a thinking brain and a loving heart place
him in the rank with the lords Of the uni
verse.
On her birthday morning every woman
should talk with the year which is COM
ing as with a friend who is crossing her
threshold to bring her gifts Let her
say. ''Oh year, l welcome you. Let me
come close to you; let me walk beside
Rou and listen to all the secrets which
lou keep in your great soul for my shar-
Ing. You can teach me the divine laws
of health, beauty peace, usefulness and
consequent happiness. You can teach me
order and system in all my ways You
can impress upon me the power which
comes through the exercise of patience;
the strength which results from cold
rains and bitter frosts; the pleasure
which lies in giving of my bounty to
others, and the dignity and pride which
accompany the preparation of beautiful
, and appropriate apparel for each season.
IF breathe your pure airs, II live ac-
NCordng to those natural laws which
govern you, II I accept the spring, the
summer, the autumn, the winter of life
as perfect expressions of Gods bounty
then l. too. may grow in beauty and
charm and opulence as the year grows
You have come to teach me these truths
you have come to help me. and | will be
richer and happier from your associs-
tiou.. And l will be able TO understand
your laws of perpetual rejuvenation and
to illustrate them"
Each man should welcome the year
which adds maturity to his life as a
teacher who has come to instruct him
in power and knowledge OF the deeper
meanings of existence. He should eX-
pect to grow in strength and worth and
TO make a nobler example of his life
with the passing OF each twelve
months
Those who face the years with such
resolutions, and who determine to be the
recipients, not the losers. in their en-
counter with time, will find life growing
richer and more interesting as they pass
zaArom early youth into maturity and from
maturity into the still larger field Of
vision afforded as they climb the western
hill
For the last earthly journey is not a
descent, but a climb for those who take