The Clio messenger., 1915-12-31
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"If every year could root out one vice we
would sooner become perfect men," impatience
is at the root of many defeats 1t is customary
nowadays to at the virtue for which the
name of Job is synonymous but those who say
that patience is the virtue of an ass or beggars
virtue are not so wise 90 the Spanish proverb'
maker, who said:
Patience! and shuttle the cards" Most people
shuttle the cards eagerly -nough, but the patience
is lacking Seeking to grasp the stars at bound
they fall back to the earth
And so if people at he CONNER; cement OF
New Year adjusted thei- desires in accordance
with their abilities, and instead of signing for the
unattanable made the very most OF the oppor-
tunities vouchsafed to them, one would hear less
OF broken resolutions and wasted lives.
DO the duty which lies nearest to thee which
thou knowest to be a duty said Carlyle Thy
second duty will already have become clearer"
The Turning of New Leaves.
Good resolutions have almost gone out of fash
ion. On the last night of the year we no longer
sit down to review past lives and resolve to
be better and wiser" than have been in the
past 1T is of no making resolutions, never
can keep them,' is the plea that is usually prof
fered. This is a mistake however. 1t is COM
mendable to resolve Tan alarm clock helping one)
to get up half an hour earlier than usual in the
morning, even though 1t results-as. alas! 1t too
often does-n one getting up half an hour later.
1t is what aspires to be that counts
If people could live in the present 1t
would help them enormously in the keeping of
good resolutions. So many people persist in be-
ing just little ahead all the time.
Tomorrow they say I'VE will reform" but
the tomorrow of their imaginings never dawns.
Ancient and modern philosophers have agreed
as to the dangers of procrastination. Such wide
ly diverse people Horace, the Latin poet who
fourished in 65 b. c., and pushful persons who
flourish Exceedingly at the present day, join
issue in this particular.
"Who begins possesses half the Decd" says
Horace
Dare to be wise make commencement"
do ii now." is the curt command of the mod
apostle of Hustle" Again. Horace says. III
you are ignoran. how to live Alright, give place
to those who have learn ID the lesson"
Get on or get out" says a manikin, following
in more concentrated If 'ess courteous languAn
the same line of thought on a somewhat lowe
plane. The one concerned with the things
of the soul and the spirit; the other with worldly
advancement. There are some who contend that
the two cannot go together, but IL (as has been
contended by many men OF wisdom) what a man
is is of more Importance than what he has, It is
well to make spiritual advancement the years
go by. II we have not made progress, we have
gone back. The soul never stands still. Time has
no terror for those who have learned wisdom
Pass thou, wild heart,
Wild heart of youth that still
Hast half a mind to stay.
I grow too old comrade;
Let us part,
Pass thou away.
Some people drag the follies and immaturities
OF youth into old age. There is wisdom in ad
justing oneself to time. to profit by past expert
ences and to acquire that sense OF proportion
which refuses to magnify trfes into tragedies
and to worry over the inevitable.