The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
DIR. Marden'
Uplift Talks
BY oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN.
WHERE THE HONEY OF LIFE Is
FOUND. s
Copyright BY Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

Some folks tries so hard ter be
happy in dis worl' dey gifts miserable
tryin'. Happiness is allus whar you
amt lookin' fer it."
That they. have not found happi-
ness where they expected to find 1t
has been the experience of every hu-
man being who has made a specially
of hunting for it. Happiness is not
gained that way. It is the product
OF a deed and not to be found by
hunting, as sportsmen hunt for wild
animals.
Real happiness Is so simple that
most people do not recognize 1t. It
Is derived from the simplest, the quiz
etest, the most unpretentious things
in the world.
It Is difficult for many people who
are honestly striving to make the
most Of themselves to see how they
can possibly get. happiness out OF
their monotonous, humiIum voca-
lions to which they are chained by.
necessity or on account OF those who
are dependent upon them. These
people would get a good lesson by
studying the bees, who, every min
ute during the day Of the honey sea-
son, are finding sweets in every weed,
in poisonous flowers, In. things in
which we would never think of look.
Ing for anything good.
II we are ever happy, It will be be-
cause we create happiness out Of our
environment with all its vexations,
cares and disheartening conditions.
He who does not learn to create his,
happiness as he goes along, out of the
days work, with all its trials, its
antaiyonisms, Its obstacles, with all its
little annoyances, diBappointrnents,
has missed the great life secret. 1t is.
out t0f this daily round Of duties, out.
Of the stress and strain and strife
OF life, the attrition Of mind with
mind, disposition with disposition
out Of this hucksterines, buying and
selling world-that we must get the
honey Of life, Just as the bee sucks
the sweetness from all sorts Of flow
ers and weeds.
Am old farmer was unce asked at
"a meeting Of the Agricultural cor
gress to- give his opinion on the best
slope Of land for the raising Of q
particular kind Of fruit. "It does
not make so much difference" said.
the old man, about the slope OF the
land as the slope Of the man" Many
a farmer wao has the right slope
makes a coed Living and gets q conn
petsnce ON very poor soil, while the
farmer who does not slope the right
way barely exists upon the richest
soil. I
Happiness does not depend SO much
upon our being favorably environed
as upon the slope OF our mind.
Nothing contributes more to the
highest success than the formation ei
a habit Of seeing the bright side at
things. Whatever your calling; in life
may be, whatever mtsfortunes oil.
hardships may come to you, make uIl
your mind resolutely that, come what;
may, you. will get the most possible
real enjoyment out OF every day;
that you will increase your capacity
for enjoying life by trying to find
the sunny side of every experience Of
the day. Resplutely. determine that
you will see the humorous side OF
things. No matter how hard or un-
yielding your environment may seem
to be, there ia a. sunny side II you
can only see It. The mirth-provoking
faculty, even under trying circum.
stances, is worth more to a young
man or woman starting out In life
than a fortune without it. Resolve
that you. will be an optimist; that
there shall be nothing Of the pes
simist about you; that you will carry
| your own sunshine wherever you go.
Thus you may make poetry out OF
the prosiest life, bring sunshine to
the darkest home and develop beauty
and grace amid the ugliest surround
ings.