The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-12-31


would sooner become perfect men" lmpatience
10 at the root Of many defeats. It IL customary
nowadays to sneer at ths virtue for which the
name Of Job 10 synonymous, but those who say
that Patience 10 the virtue Of an ass or beggars
virtue are not DO wise a. the Spanish proverb-
maker who said:
Patience! and shunle the cards" Most people
shufie the cards eagerly -nough. but the patience
is lacking. Seeking to grasp the stars at bound
they fall baGk to the earth.
And So II people at he commencement of
New Year adjusted theis desires In accordance
with their sbities. and instead Of signing for the
unattainable made the sery most OF the opp0r-
tunites vouchsafed to them, one would hear less
OF broken resolutions and wasted lives
DO the duty which lies nearest to thee which
thou kno~est to be duty said Carlyle. Thy
second duty will already have become clearer"
i The Turning Of New Leaves.
Good resolutions have almost gone out Of fash
ion. On the last night Of the year we no longer
sit down to review our past lives and resolve to
be better and wiser" than we have been in the
past. 1T Is Of no use making resolutions. never
can keep them" is the plea that is usually prof
fered. This is a mistake. however. 1t is COM
mendable to resolve ian alarm clock helping one)
to get up half an hour earlier than usual In the
morning. even though 1t results-as alas! 1t too
often does-in one getting up half an hour later
1t is what one aspires to be that counts.
II people could live more in the present it
would help them enormously in the keeping of
good resolutions. So many people persist in be-
ing just little ahead all the time
Tomorrow" they say, I'VE will reform" but
the tomorrow Of their imagtnings never dawns
Ancient and modern philosophers have agreed
as to the dangers of procrastination Such wide
ly diverse people as Horace. the Latin poet who
hourished in 65 B. c.. and pushful persons who
flourish Exceedingly at the present day. Join
issue in this particular.
Who begins possesses half the deed" SAYS
Horace.
Dare to be wise; make commencement
DO 1t now. is the curt command Of the mod
ern apostle Of Hustle. Again. Horace says IF
you are tgnoran. how to live Alright, give place
to those who have learn ID the lesson"
Get on get out says q manikin following
in more concentrated. II ,ess courteous Language
the same line Of thought on somewhat lower
plane. The one was concerned with the things
Of the soul and the spirit; the other with worldly
advancement. There are some who contend that
the two cannot go together, but II (as has been
commended by many men Of wisdom) what man
is 10 of more importance than what he has it in
we'll to make spiritual advancement as the years
go by. II we have not made progress, We have
gone back. The soul never stands still Time has
no terror for those who have learned wisdom
Pass thou, wild heart,
Wild heart Of youth that still
Hast half mind to stay
| grow too old comrade;
Il Let rs part
Pass thou away
Some people drag the follies and immaturities
OF youth into old age. There IL wisdom in nd.
Justing oneself to time. to profit by past expert.
ences and TO acquire that sense of proportion
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