The Washington herald., 1916-01-02
A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION,
By ORIsON SWEET MARpEN

One resolution backed up by a man
or woman of stamina is worth
thousand wishy-washy, mIIkand-
water ones that fade out of the CON
seriousness before the new year is a
week old.
Every broken resolution leaves the
maker weaker and flabbier than be-
iore. one bravely made and brayelv
kept will transform a life.
Take the high and stirring on. g.
charlotte Perkins Gilman's Resolve.
| ~ To rep my health! To DO nv rors To prcI
Ne,er 10 !" ,6t, ~ l . srIw and gain and si-i
To wait in weakness and To TsR IN ror,,
snt sT sl~sys fronting, onward to the iisSt
Rob6ed, starved. defesiSs towIsa var, the right
on. win what strength have! Back to the Wsy
There is red blood in such a resolve
a Let any one make and stick
10 IL Tor six months no natt.r -.
| far behind he may have ,aWa NO"
way no matter how forIorn his copdi~
tlon or how desperate his fortunes sr.
New Years Day. long before tho end
OF the six months he will have cow
INTO the light. He will be a new b.-
i ing. ne" oe-
In the great Marathon races the rum
hers strip themselves OF ev.rx,hIn.
that can possibly hinder the fre.dnrs
OF their movements or retard tb,ir
speed In starting out on the NO,
year $ run. the first thing necessary IN
succeed In the great life race is to Is,
go or everything which bamn.rs
"nlch hinders. OF everything which is
gong to keep you back or in anv way
Ietara your progress. Cut out all the
whether it is whiskey. cocktails 49, :
sive use of tobacco. stimuIants Of any
kiho' all sorts of destination nm
healthful habits, late hours lsck ~
sleep. irregular eating. All these thing,
in.eTiere with your health, and with
OUT health you cannot win the race.
Cut out worry. fear. anxiety, jeal-
ouss' nate, envy. meanness, smallness,
ana all entangling alliances which
hamper your freedom, and max. Won
less OF a man. less of woman.
st. Paul spoke about putting off the
OLD man This is a splendid thing to
DO at the opening of the new yearSt.
put on the old man with his old
'hought, old philosophy. old religion of
sadness and gloom. Put off the old
lrettlng' worrying, anxious man. the
ola oomineering man, who wants to
control everybody. who wants to run
everybody into his own mold. and put
on the new man with a new, fresh.
joyous, cheerful, optimistic outlook
upon life, who does not believe in an
tagonizing, in trying to run things all
MS way; who does not dictate 70
people what they shall do, what they
shali think but who goes through life
leavlng a trail of sunshine, helpful
ness, gladness, good cheer wherever he
goes.
Christ told men two thousand years
ago that they could not put new wine
into old bottles. The opening of the
new year is a good time to throw away
our old cobweb-covered bottles and put
our new wine into new bottles. New
Years is the best day in the year to
begin to practice the Christ philosophy,
TO be glad, to be honest, to be kind
loving. to be helpful; to look up, think
up, live up.
1t is the day to remember all the
good things in the past and to forget
all the bad things: to forget the un-
kind and mean things that have been
said about US during the last year; to
forget the Sights, the mean insinua-
tions. the petty jealousies that made
us unhappy last year. 1t is a good
time to forget all the failures. all the
plumbers. all the wrongs, all the sor-
rows OF the past, to turn over a new
leaf with the new year.
Turn the leaf and smile with the
glad new day. Smile upon regrets,
ories. Don't worry. DSn't be anxious.
Just be glad Let go OF all the things
that are keeping you back, hindering
your progress. experiences which per-
haps have caused you much pain and
bitter tears, keep, the lessons they
taught you, but let the painful mem
ories go. Start the year with clean
sheet. Face the light, and the shadows
will fall behind you.
To keep my health! To do my work! To hrel
To see TO II grow and gain and gvel'
This is our business for 1916.
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