Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-08-26
SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS.


SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS.
This article we take from The Seattle Times be-
cause it Is 80 good 80 true, real and so vastly i'm
portant It should be most carefully read and studied
BY every man, woman, boy and girl in this great land
Of ours.-Ed.
Every one is trying to be successful and every
one is trying to be happy You can be Of that.
Everywhere and every time it will turn out to be "as
true as the Gospel"
Whoever you are, wherever you live, you are hust-
ling for the twin prizes Of success and happiness
How are you going to make good? You ought
to know that there is no such thing in this world as
"chance" or "luck." They are words without mean
ing-just words, and nothing more From the flicker
Of the poyzoans tail to the flash Of the aurora boreas
all is law, and whatever happens comes as the result
OF something else that preceded it.
+, One cannot be successful and happy. any way,
is the way Of obedience to ruesrules as old as hui
mainly itself rules that no man or combination Of
men can set aside. They are:
~ Take care of the body. Physical health is
the basis OF everything else. TO be sick is, in the
great majority Of instances to be miserable and u-
successful.
~ Be temperate-not only in the use of alco.
holic drinks you partake Of such drinks at ALL but
in all things The danger in the use Of anything lies
in allowing the mind to be controlled by the
appetites and passions. Be MASTER That is temper
ance.
+(3) Don't forget the value Of little things Lit
tie earnings little responsibilities little duties little
opportunities will make or break you, according as
they are appreciated and utilized. Michael Angelo
once declared, "TriAes, properly ced for, make the
thing we call perfection"
(4 Be honorable. Whatever else you do don't
make merchandise Of your honest convictions. Sell
your coat II you have to- sell your shirt if you can't
help it, but don't sell your conscience You can get an
other coat and another shirt but you make foot
ball OF your conscience it is all over; you
get another. .s
(5) Be socable. Cultivate the habit of taking
loving interest in your fellow men, It is q mighty
fine habit to get into We made for one another,
and the person who forgets the fact ignores it will
get the small end Of the bargain The most unfortu-
nate Of all the unforunates to be found on this earth
is the cynic Don't despise anybody. Look for good
in every one, and the chances thousand to one
that you will not look in vain.
(6) Don't worry, and don't be afraid To con-
quer the twindevs Of fear and worry is to be victor
ious over the worst enemies Of the human race. Do
the best you can according to what you believe to be
right, and let it 60 at that. =
(7) Don't become candidate for the insane
asylum by trying to know too much about the things
that are unknowable. If you have wife, love her
with all your heart and if you have baby, watch it
coo and kick and grow if you have neghbors study to
treat them with kindness and justice but don't twist
your neck out Of joint trying to the Inhabitants
Of the planet Mars"
(8) Don't be over-selfsh Selfish, to a certain
extent we obliged to be by the law Of nature,
but the man who wants the earth sure to get much
less than he aims for and to live and die in misery
No Success" and no Happiness" is worth striv-
ing for that robs man of self-respect The man is
not successful who, having succeeded" is ASHAMED
Of his Success"