The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-10-02
THE HOME CIRCLE
AND IT'S INTERESTS.
Column Dedicated to Tired
Mothers as They Join
The Home Circle at
Evening Tide.
Your Misery in Your Mind.

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II is the habit OF men and OF women
To decry the present and extol the past.
Things were never quite so bad with
them before. They never before had
such sufficient cause for being ill-tem-
pered, morose and Respondent. They
never before met with 50 many and
such sore dieappolntmentsi they never
before were deprived OF So many things
they wanted. or prevented from doing
so many things they desired To. The
wife on the husband, as the case may
be, was never before no neglected. III
their welfare and so Indifferent to
their wishes aud their peace OF mind
aud happiness, and they sulk and pine
and brood and grumble.
The fact is. that in regard TO the
happiness you enjoy or the misery you
undergo. the majority Of men and
women are like the spendthrift, who
each day squanisrs every penny he
can get. but is going to- become saving
and commence getting rich at some
future time so with the majority OF
men and women. IN relation To their
emotions They have so much To
worry, yex and torcmnt them today
that they win be Just as miserable AS
NntE AAAllg uhA AAAf AhllN itHhiNNh w hf
happy at some future time, with them
experience does not lead them TO reflect
that on the average. one day is much
Ike another and that " they are ever
10 De happy. they had best he happy
today Neither do they ever seem 10
discover that misery or contentment is
almost entirely a matter Of temperament
~ as YOU might shy, Of opinion. The
disc6ntented and repinlng always hs-
sign this or that as the cause OF their
discomfort OF the lack 81 this thing or
tina; thing as the source Of their tribu.
lRtion and Indebtedness And the fact
that nciEhbor possessing those very
things seems even more disconsolate
and raeful than they, never seems to
suggest to them that their misery Is all
IN their mind.
The man OF very limited Income can
scarce meet the expenses Of his fam
iiy and hear their frctful complaints
because they 6fe not better dressed aor
more cXpGnsively houses. and he feels
detected. discouraged. and thinks the
addition 81 few hundreds to his In
com, would remove all his troubles.
and set, NEXT, door, or on the next
Glock is another man with i've times
HIS income In precisely bis fix aud In
the same state Of mind
ia choosing vocation. do not ask
yourself how YOU can make the most
money or gain the most notoricty, but
choose the work that viii call out all
Your powers and develop yonr man
hood into the greatest strength and
symmrtry. Not money. not notorioty
not fame even. but power in what you
want. Manhood Is greater than wealth
grestar than fame Character Is great
Yer thav any career Each faculty must
bn educated and any deficiency In its
raining win appear Ia what you do.
The hand must be educated to be
graceful steady aud strong The eye
must be educated TO be alert, discrim-
mating. and microscopic The heart
must be educated 20 he tender, sym
pathetic and true The memory must
be drilled for years in accuracy, re-
tentior, and comprehensiyeness The
world does not demand that you be a
lawyer, minister doctor, farmer, acien-
list or mechanic. IL does not dictate
what you shah do but II doc" require
you undertake. II YOU are a master ~