The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
BREADTH OF VISION.

be, help Others" In short breadth
of heart is breadth of vision.
Without it our lives revolve in
narrow circles, too narrow to
make any impression except up
on the immediate conditions
which they touch, yet wide
enough, in all truth, to blight
those conditions because of their
very poverty of sympathy with
the rest of the world. With the
wider vision that comes with
better understanding of life's
meaning we are able to adjust
our views with more ease to meet
the interesting issues that arise
from time to time. 1t is not that
these issues are really any more
interesting than they were form
erly, but that theey appear so
because of their larger appeal as
a result of our better under
standing. There are those who
have small patience with "the
vision beautiful" as it has been
called, but no one who carefully
considers life and it's varying
problems, its wonderful fessabe
its thrilling appeals, can fail to
have some glimpse at least of
the maid dream of the future,
and it is that glimpse of sunlight
falling in a dark place which
makes it easier to work on from
day to day. We cannot feel that
we are working in the dark when
once we catch glimpse of the
vision which makes our hopes
and ambitions seem so real: we
''now that there is something
more in life than the monoton-
Que routine of labor and unap-
"eciation and disappointment.
We know, too. that the tender
ness and sympathetic under
stading which such 4 vision
seems to set loose in our breasts
are responsible for the finer
higher outlook we attain at
times, and only a small degree Of
reflection will convince us that
the heart itself is the key to the
treasure-hOuSe Of life.
Happiness is the most desired
of all conditions, IT is true that
our interpretations of it's requis-
ties differ accordinp to our var.
ious conceptions of what is
really best for us but, as rule,
we are likely to confuse comfort
and ease with our definition of
1n9Jep Ho9IeUl pue 3uIun9m s.
the end for which we are striv-
ing. Many of the things which
appeal to us so invitingly. and
the ACQUISITION of which we
strive for with an energy wo 'thv
a better cause, do not MAKE for
peace and contentment once
they are achieved. This state
ment, of course, has been made
often enough and its truth ham
mered into our minds over and
over again until it threatens at
times to lose its significance for
many of us. At the same time,
however, Notwithstanding its
hackneyed employment its truth
cannot be worn away by con-
stant use. We know that we set
100 much store upon many things
that are worthless, yet for all
that we continue our fruitless
search instead of keeping faith
with our hearts. Some instinc-
tive force warns us of approach
ing danger in nearly all relations
of life and if we were to trace
such a feeling we should find its
source in the heart. 1t makes
for a sympathetic understand
ing of life's higher meaning, a
meaning that is really a message
to us and which, if correctly in
terpreted and conscientiouslv
carried out, would lead us into a
better conception of the human
side OF existence. We would learn |
to understand one another bet
ter; we would be more consider
ate of the rights of others and
more tolerant of their opinions;
we would feel with them and
appreciate their joys and sor-
rows; we would realize that
others fill a larger place in the |
world than we do and, after a
while, through the lessons which
humility teaches, and which
h,umlllty alone can teach, we
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