The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22

made good resolutions last New Years-my In
tentions were of the very best, but l did
not have the will power to live up to them.
Pray what is the of making new onesT
Well forget last years good resolutions ana
forget the past year entirely. Turn with hope
and confidence to the great new year about to
dawn, and-yes, make new good resolutions. as
many of them your brain can conjure up. Per
haps you did fail to keep the good intentions
that made you happy when you thought them
out, but remember you are very human. Indeed
II we An were not so very human there would be
absolutely need of our ever making any kind
Of good resolutions.
Many of US will see the old year go with few
regrets. 1t brought US, perhaps, an extra share
of cares and disappolntments, but are we not all
the better and stronger for them, and Will not
the lessons they taught US stand us In good stead
during the coming days? Dear friend, let me
sure you that the difficulties and discouragements
you surmounted during this still present year will
without question make you a better and braver
woman.
Welcome the year and by all means make
new good resolutions Every one of us needs to
make them, because I have said, are all
woman.
In the hearts of most of us is a wonder curl
osity, to what the coming year may bring to
u.s. whether good fortune or bad sorrow or JOY.
How many of us realize that the shaping of
fortunes during the year to come Is In our hands?
We do not need to depend on some imaginary
fate to deal out good luck bad, she will,
II we have the eurnestness and the desire to
coed
All Desire Happiness.
But after all, we want something more out Of
the year to come than just material success well
come though that may be. Success is not always
attended by happiness and what we all desire
IN reality in 1917 is happiness, no matter what Its
source. To be contented and happy that is the
most we can wish for anyone, including ourselves.
We can fnd true happiness by making and keep
tt~a f-tr1 ~ Nny- VAN 20 lutte
The annual period for taking stock of
mental. spiritual and material resources finds
most Of us about where we were year ago. We
are living about the same. We thinking about
the same thoughts.
We are animated by about the same expecta-
TONS When depressed 1t is because Of
the same old fears.
year. Some have not. Some hope to learn during
the coming year.
Most of us spend the main portions Of our lives
In disappointment the failure Of that which
we hoped might come to pass, balancing that with
our washed-out pleasure that the worst Of the
things we feared did not happen. Some of us
lack grip upon ourselves.
This annual stock-taking or our mentality
should light the future of the coming year with
the experience of the year Just passed. f 1t
doesn't do that not doing the Job right.
The extent to which have learned our les
sons in the old year will be the measure in which
sve may gauge expectations for the new year
Turning the New Leaf.
From time inmemorial 1t has been the custom
of the forehanded good od-fashioned neighoor TO
square up his accounts make new resolves start
cutting off certain bad habits, and "turn over a
new leaf
This is perfectly reasonable and natural. AS the
calendar marks a new cycle Of time, In
]