Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-28
The MAN WHO TALKS

hopeless cases. Do you suppose there
is such . thing as 8 hopeless casez
It. and some that never give signs Of
hope. This may be because the So
called hopeless patients never got the
right vibration to awaken them Why
should we entertain the idea OF hope
lessness any way. We are told: $50
long as there is LIE there Is hope
This being true. hope never dies, for
life is eternal. Goethe tells us: In all
things II IL better to hope than to
DESPAIR. You and / endorse that WITH
out hesitation Some people think all
who are acting in this Life different
from what they think they should,
represent hopeless cases. They are
not. II men were all Of one type and
one mind and one height, they would
be too prim to be interesting What
some nice people think would be for
the very best would prove to be
for mankind the very worst. Man
doesn'f think half as wen as he ought,
and doesn't do half as well as he
might His case isn't hopeless; but
Hope Is having fearful time patiently
waiting for him to come mp to
standard
Every day 10 Sunday somewhere;
and every day will be Sunday in the
humAp heart IL the son of righteous
ness Shlnes there. because such a
heart Is radiant with hope. Perhaps
sunshine every day Is not desirable
since in Nature shade nearly doubles
the sunshine. There are some things
In nature too much sunshine would
blast. and 1t may be so with the human
heart We learn some things better
because OF the impressive effect of
light and shadow. It is the differ
entiations in life that furnish the OBJ
Jet Iessons-what experience doesn't
teach us. object lessons may Amy one
thing steadily applied makes life
monotonous- If this was not so we
variety Is the spice of life is a bit of
fruit from the tree of experience. To
be radiant with gladness one must
feel glad to be alive; and glad that
the trials OF life tell for betterment;
and glad that life is no worse. Heart
shine and niindshine make the soul
shine. and create the glori7ed facial
expression we describe as sanity.
Your light will not shine right if your
reservoirs Of giadness are not full
Some people live a life of disagree
ment- 1t is not q pleasant life and
they do not want to live it: but they
do not know the value of silence. or
the power OF love- They are disagree
able and when things don't go right
they explode. become irrational. strike
blows or throw things. They can get
into fury over little things-create
hours Of misery from moments of dis
agreement. Extremely argumentative
people never can learn to agree to dis
agree: they do not know how to in
woke calmness in moments of trial. We
were not created to see alike. act alike,
think alike or conclude alike and We
are only in harmony when our per-
ceptions. thoughts and tastes agree: but
we have been endowed with the power
OF Self-restraint and the capahility to
quietly endure what We connot peace
fully regulate. We all have q right to
our own thoughts. our own mistakes
and our own miseries, but we have no
right to impose them upon one another.
Trouble comes from eXacting COM
plisuce with our views, which is really
tyranny. 1t matters little whether we
have our way or not. We have our
thoughts and If they are kept right,
life win be right.
The man in cent is not always so
judgement and he may have a better
half worse than he is. Being mex
tricabfy In debt is TO make of life only
a sorry predicament. It is perfectly
natural for a man to want twice as
much as he can pay for; and It is the
part of wisdom to ignore wants and
give attention to necessities. No life
is well ordered where Indulgence is
all out of proportion to income The
man who has sickness. or who is try
ing to support a SIS family on $40 a
week is badly handicapped: but these
are in the minority among the men
who do not pay. Some men like to be
in debtsthe class who can pay but
won't-who are too respectable to be
charged with theft, and too mean to
do as they would be done by. The
larger part of the bad debts are in
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the class that has bit Off more than
it can chew. 1t is not hard luck that
holds them down, but bad habits, an
utter lack Of system in the affairs of
life.
How we are tried by the questions
of bright children and try to conceal
from them the fact that We do not
know any more about the questions
that are puzzling their minds than they
know themselves. 1t is a false notion
that candor would be out of place
right here. Not knowing what we
think it is wiser to ask what they
think than to silence them with a
reply that is as unsympathetic as 1t liz
mean. We do not know at what age
children come to understanding or
come to recognize the dishonesty of
our evasions. What the child thinks
on the subject may be better than
anytnlng we nave ever thought upon
it; and if he is in error we are able
then to set his mind right False pre-
lenses do not make good mental diet
for children with active minds The
way to strengthen thought and to in
crease it's virility and volume is to
keep thinking The habit of thinking
is as good for the child as the adult.
The thoughts of children should be re-
spected and they should come early
to know what we think today may be
reversed tomorrow. Salvation rests
upon individual thought not upon
| universal thought.
" you, will regard yourself as a self
charged magnet you may be able to
| account for what you attract and repe
in life. We manifest our magnetic
forces by our receptive and repulsivs
| moods, and often give no consideration
| to the consequences. We have con.
eeits which attract trouble just as q
magnet will attract steel filings. We
| shake out our antagonisms regardless.
of their irritating quality; we murmul
until We create an atmosphere of dis
gust between ourselves and others; Ia
fact our risibilities count in our con
seriousness like q nest of hornets. ant
we are uncomfortable to ourselves an,
| to others. Life is perpetual storm Il
the extremely nervous who have cul
| tivated an extremely abnormal condi
ton Look out what you cultivate Ii
the garden of thOugft-wafch the fin,