Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-19
Discipline
by BEATRICE FAIRFAX.


A great many philosophers allow for
tho fact that
II IL easy enough to be pleasant
When life flows on like n song,
But the man worth while Is the man
who can smile
When everything goes dead wrong.
But they seem to omit one important
tact--iust as we'll worth considering as
how to take discipline is why discipline
is offered you.
Life seems to offer hardships, suffering
and difficulty 20 the people who can bear
Il. and out of bearing and enduring grows
new power 20 bear and endure still more.
And when man is so Injured to trouble
that he can face II without flinching or
whimperinR, trouble ceases to wear the
face of, sorrow and becomes a pleasant
companion merely known as discipline.
Almost all our greatest woes come out
OF our inability 10 discipline our own ma
lures. Beginning with the girl who.
rather than endure the painful process
of having diseased nerve removed from
tooth. sacrifices the tooth itself. and,
going up through the scale OF things 70
| the woman who divorces the man she
man she loves rather than stay with him
and help him fight TO conquer his weak
nesses. we hive a world of women who
suffer through lack OF self-diseipiina
Eventually the girl who sacrifices her
teeth rRther than suffer the pain of hav-
ing them treated has all sorts Of untlmeiy
dental difficulties. Aud the woman who
IL too impatient to help her beloved con-
quer his weaknesses. and so hastily puts
him out OF her life. brings on herself un-
happiness which nature disciplined 20
be patient and endure would have
avoided.
A recent novel suggests that the "fates"
wouldn't bother to pile suffering after
suffering on the hero's heart unless
they" had felt that he was worth max
ing into a great, strong, fine man. After
losing everything he values in the world
friendship, companionship, love. the gift
Of writing popular novels, his faith in his
own power 10 achieve. his trust In his
wife, his pride IN his son, and his boyish
conception OF his father as a man big az
only for evn)-he comes at last stripped
of everything. to the mountain tops. and
there he knows that. standing empty
handed, uncompanioned and desperate. he
Is still master OF himself. the rider OF the
beast of his own evil desires, and that he
will. through difficulty, attain the
heights.
The reason for the discipline OF sorrow
ana suffering Is to make us all strong.
The way to endure this discipline is. OF
course. to smile. however dead wrong
everything goes. But as as basic princl-
pie to help you smile and as an incentive
TO make YOU endure. remember this: Dis
cipilne is only given to people who are
strang enough TO endure Il. Some power
Is actually offering you a compliment
when II puts you to the acid test of suf
fering. This Is the practical side OF dis
olpiine and II points the way to tn
spiritual one: Whom God loveth HI
chasteneth."
out OF every sorrow you meet and en-
dure bravely grows new power to endure
new strength to meet the demands o
life. Some day when a great emergenc!
arises. II you meet II WELL IL will be be
cause strength has grown In your hear
in a cumulative mass" due to all tn
lesser emergencies you met bravely. Som
day when great responsibility is OF
Tered you and you are able to fiji tn
position. II viii be because you meas
ured up to q series OF responsibilities.
No one resents growth, and the creates
first aid" to spiritual. mental and emo
tionai growth Is discipline.