The Washington herald., 1915-05-20

will.
What do the exceptional people resort to for
protection under inharmonous conditions? They
surely must have something to teach u.s. II VIC
study them carefully shall find that they simply
remain themselves. They go being good
humorcd. They achieve wonderful results. like
miracles. Their good humor exercise ill-will.
They have way OF keeping themselves beyond
the reach of harm. A friendly smile gentle
word in response to unkindncss may make further
unkindness from the same source impossible.
Most of Us. ; have grievance, or
what believe TO be grievance take it into our
alive in the heat OF resentment but actually
make it grow. And the more 1t grows the more
painful it becomes and the stronger in its nsiscncc
rcprisal. As we all know. the consequences
may be cumulative, leading TO evils abSnrdly out
of proportion to the first cause. To have the
power to ignore and to forget a cause OF resent
ment, either imaginary or real. is to possess the
attribute OF god. maker OF heaven. And to have
the power to let cause OF resentment pass and
to make up causes from our own sensitvcncsS, IS
possess the attributes OF devil, maker OF hell.
1t is in the small conflict OF personality that
most of us find some OF our hardest trials. The
trouble obviously comes from ourselves. We arc
too unyielding. We go through the day like iron
bars. The people that meet feel themselves
striking against hard surface. II we were to
make ourselves more pllant we should ma that
they would become more plant. too Life. difficult
before, would be much easier. The memorable wa.
would reveal itself in all its cruelty, to others and
to ourselves.
The paths OF the memorable people arc strewn
with disaster. And those disasters, remember, do
not remain behind. The people moved down do
not remain PROSTATE. They get up and after feel
ing their bruises thew pursue. often with bitter hos
tility. The memorable act committed five years ago
may translate itself into the torment OF today.
The most successful man that | know in meet
ing the conflicts OF personality often says in his
they don't to do" To the casual observer
the remark may seem like the expression OF weak
ness. 1t is really an expression OF power: For
this the conflicts OF personality seem hardly |
TO be conflicts. Those that may be described by
this word occur to him seldom. 1t is only the eX
tremely exacting selfish arrogant that can
draw him into anything approximating conflict: |
His contacts are all friendly. He performs one of |
the most beautiful miracles of personality, by max
ing those in his presence seem to become like him.
1t is as II. quite unconsciously, he had set up
before them ideal OF conduct, as If he himself
showed how fine it and how much better than
any other possible ideal To show in his presence
hose ugly qualities that lie in personality would
DC almost impossible To be angry in his pres
,nce for example. would be kind OF feat No
wonder he finds life worth living. For him every
Law is full Of sunshine. 1t is not his sunshine,
ETHER. In large measure it comes from the sun
lin. before some people seldom drawn out and
before him pouring abundanty.
We all know people OF this kind perhaps. from
he point OF view OF the world quite unmportant
women and men in humble circumstances ignor
mt even illiterate but with voice within sing
ng song that is worth thousand times more than
he wisdom OF the most accomplished. BY some
,cnevolence they have been made that they can
urn on life exactly the right view that they can
axe exactly the right attitude. Each day they
i've out and they draw in treasures far beyond the
wealth of Rockefeller: Their lives are radiant.
Thew go happily through the day. They brighten
ID, If for a moment only. every one they meet.
through those contacts they themselves grow
Brighter. Surely thereis magic here. 1t is worth
ur while to study its workings and to reflect on
IS meaning and try to catch its secret.