South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-14
Health and Habit
By Elbert Hubbard.

If YOU have health You will prob
ably be happy. And if you have
health and happiness you will have
all the wealth you need, even if not
all on want.
Health is the most natural thing in
the world.
1t IS natural to he healthy because
we are a part Of nature-we are ma
ture.
Nature is trying hard to keep us
well. because she needs us in her bus
mess
Nature needs man so he will be use
ful to other men.
The rewards Of life are for service.
And the penalties Of life are for
selfshness.
Human service is the highest form
Of self-interest for the person who
serves.
We preserve our sanity only as we
forget self in service.
To center on self and forget our
relationship 10 society is to summon
misery. and misery means disease.
Unhappiness is an irritant. 1t af-
fects the heart beats or circulation
first. then the digestion. and the per-
son is ripe for PIG diseases and GAP
Implications
Nothing you can take out of a bot
tie or that YOU can rub on will remove
the cause OF misery.
Medicine is only palliative" says
Dr. Weir Mitchell. for back of disease
lies the cause, and this cause on drug
can reach
i've got a cold in my head" said
the man 10 the wise doctor.
And the doctor replied. Doubtless.
for that is the place where the mic
robe hides"
People who dread disease and fear
disease have disease.
What we call disease are merely
symptoms of mental conditions.
our bodies are automatic. and
thinking about your digestion does not
aid YOU Rather IL hinders, since the
process Of thinking. especially anX-
ious thinking. rObs the stomach of its
blood and transfers il TO the brain.
If YOU are worried enough digestion
ny stoD absolutely
The moral is obvious: Don't worry.
Inis horse is all right unless he
gets scared said a horseback rider TO
me the other day.
And I answered. $50 am t."
Those rare times when / make big
impression upon my auditors are when
go upon the stage with a certain
amount of indifference. simply taking
care not to have OVeT-eaten. Then /
start in slowly. and soon the thoughts
are coming along just as fast as / can
use them. The air is full of reasons.
and all l have 10 do is 10 reach up
and pick the ones / want.
In this matter of good health just
few plain rules suffice. The whole
matter then becomes automatic and
Clf-mhriCating
Health is a habit.
VIC are ruled by habit
There are three habits which. With
but one condition added, Will give YOU
everything in the world worth having
man cannot cOnjure forth a single ad-
dition or Improvement. These habits
are
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The health habit.
The study habit.
III YOU are a man and have these
habits. and also have the love of a
woman VINO has these same habits.
YOU are i'm Paradise now and here. and
SO is she.
Health. books and work. with love
added. are a solace gainst all the
stings and arrows Of outrageous for
mne-a defense from all the storms
that blow. For through their use YOU
trausmute sadness into mirth. trouble
into ballast. pain into Joy.
Work means safety for yourself and
service 70 mankind
Health means much happiness and
potential power.
Study means knowledge. eQuanimity
and the evolving mind.
And love means all the rest.
Has the church collapsed? or does
she await the time Of times2"
These times are a challenge.
In the period of social and indus
war the church was finding herself.
She was seeking TO adapt her message
10 the demands Of the day. When the
storm clouds broke she was silent.
And a Supreme Pontif went 10 his
tomb bemoanins the impOtency OF or
gaDiZed Christianity 10 prevent the
strife.
When the war Is over il will be the
immediate mission OF the church 10
show great and good purpose for
which the dead lie on battlehelds and
mourners weep at home.
To viii be the mission OF the church
20 define anew the fatherhOOd OF God
and the brotherhood OF man. 10 define
this doctrine in such simple terms as
20 make men see that universal faith
erhood prcclddes the idea OF favoring
one against the other; that IL is
righteous that eXalteth n nation-not
militaism. not navalism. not wealth.
not territorial expansion: that God
hath made OF one blood all nations
OF men" an4 above all nations =
humaity.'