The Washington herald., 1915-08-12
Dr.. Marden'. UpEft Talks,
WORRY OR-WIN.
Author of. Pushing to the Front" q
By ORISON SWEET MARDEN

Author Of. flushing to the Front" eta.
By ORIsON SWEET MARDEN
During a great financial panic. n
man influential in business circles was
SO worried and harrassed BY troubles
threatening him that he felt he could
no longer keep his hand on the helm
or prevent the work Of years from
going to utter destruction. His con-
| Germ was not for himself alone, but
also Tor the many who must suffer
with him In the event Of his failure
His mind was enveloped In such a fog
OF worry that Just when he needed
! them most. he was fast losing his per-
| spectfve and his capacity for decisive
action. In the darkest hour of his dis
couragement a business appointment
TOOK him to . large publishing house
where he had occasion to telephone. As
he stood waiting. his eye was caught
by this quotation on a card which
hung by the telephone desk: when
you get into a tight place and every.
thing goes against you. until it seems
you cannot lid on one minute longer,
do not give up. That Is just the place
and time the tide will turn"
the man read the words q second
time. and as their meaning forced its
way into his preoccupied Conscious
ness his depression vanished as IL a
, spell were broken. He went back to
his oftice and again took up the tan
gled threads Of his affairs; but this
time with new strength and courage.
He stopped worrying and used the en-
ergy he had previously wasted In this
way In planning and working. And
he won his fight
What had happened in that moment
OF enlightenment at tho telephone
desk? NOT one external circumstance
had Changed. As far as outside
factors were concerned the mans
problem was As insoluble as ever,
the outlook as hopeless Neverthe-
less vast change had taken place.
but It was within. The man had mere.
ly stopped worrying And it was the
change In his mental attitude that
wrung success out of failure
Some one has said that there 10 no
Englishman without q worry in the
back OF his head, which DESTROYS his
peace of mind, and keeps him ever on
the anxious seat. Whether this 10 or
ID not true Of Englishmen, It Is true
OF most Americans. Indeed 1t has been
remarked that Of all the forms of self
destruction adopted by Americans, sui
cf9e oy worry seems to be tho most
popular. II IL not uncommon to SEQ
among rs people who cling to life
with desperate tenacity when they i'm
agtne 1t is in danger, who would give
AAAAAAAOho ~ SAtCHo tnelT hve9 a rev
months or year. deliberately finE
away many years by the corroding
torture Of worry.
AZ matter of fact. II is only the
little fellow who worries, the man
who IL not quite sure Of himself, who
lacks confidence In his ability to cope
with adverse conditions. Courage and
seik confidence are the natural foes
Of worry.
When you are tempted to yield to
the worry habit. Just ask yourself
what Lincoln or a Saint Teresa
would have done with the little things
which look SO big to you. II you are
ever going to be large enough to con.
quer your troubles you must not let
little worries and anxieties make q
slave of you. Worrying never RENEE
dies anything. Or as Bishop Patrick
quantity says: THE rubbing of the
eyes doth not fetch out the mote, but
makes them more red and angry; no
more doth the distraction and fretting
OF the mind discharge II of any I'll
h"mor. but rather makes them more
bound to vex u.s.