The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-30
SELF-CURE
nv DR.. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

How" writes lady TO me, "can n
move the following difficulties from nj
path?
How can overcome che lazy halt
of oversleeping in the morning-lazine{
in general, in fact?
"How can | overcome the fear am
worry habit?
How can let go of the thoughts I
past disappointmentS, mistakes, etc.
have tried all manner Of ways to diver
my mind by work and study.
EDO you believe in confession, in tn
case of non-Catholic, for the purpos
of relieving the mind?
"How can ! overcome prejudice?
find am prejudiced against certain sect
and races"
Rather a stiff task, to answer al thesI
questions OF course, cannot answer
them fully. All or any one can do j
to give few hints which may be useful
Here goes:
Oversleeping is net necessarily lazt
ness. Go TO bed earlier, if you have Il
arise at certain hour It's fe rulI
10 take all the sleep you can get Thu
rule in my own family is, Let the sleep]
sleep"
Laziness is not bad quality always
\ lazy body often houses a most ener1
Fetic mind The real cure for physical
aziness is fun: find some form Of exer|
else that lures YOU. Mental laziness is
more difficult disease. and YOU can only
cure it by taking yourself severely in
hand. Usually. should say, it is hope
less
Fear can generally be mitigated. if MOI
altogether removed by intelligence. 1t i.
a bv-product of ignorance, as rule. WI
IRE afraid OF what we don't know. Scienc,
(knowledge1 has done much TO alleviat,
superstition Ggnorancel.
Worry can only be remedied bv adopt
ing some rational theory of life, some
common-sense philosophy Maeterlincl
and Emerson have done me more good
rs worry-antidotos. than any other mas
ters.
How TO ''let CO. e hedevilling thoughts
is hard problem Thoughts that burn
stew, ferment and torment-who has no
suffered from them? About all | cal
do is t. lei them run their course
say. This too shall pass and try t.
bear up against the pestiferous magma
tons and memories until they veal
themselves out
II is also a good idea to have some at
tractive, interesting, fascinating vision
a pleasant nature, TO which we can turn
our minds when annoying suggestion:
persist The author of alice in Won
derland" (who was great mathemati
cian) used TO work out geometrcal tasks
which he called pillow problems" Cane
wrote book Of that name). to get him
self TO. sleep. Caa't you find some allur
ing things TO think of when wooinl
slumber? Call for them, and by and b!
they will come.
Do ! believe in confession? Nothing
can so purge the soul. Still, 1t must bt
exercised with the EXTREMIST care, judg
ment and discretion else you may harm
others in pacifying yourself.
How can overcome prejudice agains
such and such sects or races?" Just re
peat over and over to yourself that al
prejudice is stupid and ignorant. BY anc
by you will, by auto-suggestion, get 1T in
to your subconsciousness that prejudice
shall have no place in you.
Prejudice means Judging before yot
have the facts. Never judge till after
you have the facts.
Nothing is so utterly devoid Of reason
as passionate hatred Of any race oil
class All men are much the same wher
YOU come to know them. Class or race
faults are superficial. The human quail
lies strike deep.