The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-01-07

/ <3 pierce tne CLOUDS anu
reach the stars, trail
out over unknown seas
but be sure you have
Y NY 1t safely anchored to
yourself and your capa-
city and ability for sailing this par
ticular 1916 kite of yours.
Uncomfortable forces ushered you
into the new year in and under GER
tain conditions. You might have
changed those conditions along dur
ing the year that was closing but
you did not do so, and when the new
year reached you, you could no more
have changed yourself and your sur
roundings than you could have
changed the shape Of your nose of
the the color of your eyes.
Suppose you take piece of paper
and pencil and make an invoice OF
your 1915 possessions that you were
forced into 1916 with.
Assets always come first-that
means general property, all your own
possessions that are applicable to
the payment of your debts.
Liabilities come next-that means
everything you owe, for which your
assets are responsible. Your liabili-
ties draw upon your assets.
With your assets would have you
include your personal ability to man
age them that they may meet your
liabilities and have something to
spare
In taking stock of liabilities, the
very material items most often over
looked, are interest. taxes, feet to be
shod, mouths to be fed, and doctor
bills. Then there is depreciation
natural wear and loss by age. Your
property, tools, horses, buildings and
sometimes even yourself, may be
marked down 10 per cent.
Statistics prove that child cannot
be fed with plain, wholesome food,
and clothed comfortably for less than
$75 year. You will have to carry
a lump sum for dnctor bills. Then
there are always leaks and unex-
pected calls for charity and church
or lodge or club affiliations that are
overlooked. If you want to take
take trip in 1916, and find you can
make your assets cover the cost.
without interfering with the must
haves, jot it down in the liability
column; if not, postpone the trip un-
til the asset column grows larger.
After you have finished your invoice
and summed up the asset and liabil-
ity column of figures, you will know
exactly what you have to face to
face 1916 with, and you know you
cannot change the present immedi-
ate condition that sheet of paper
finds you in. Mistakes of the past
do not count, neither do air castles
of the future. Nothing counts but
those figures plus your personal abil-
ity If you were unable to place a !
value on it for your column of assets. |
Ideals are mental images or pic
lures.
Make a mental picture of what you
would like to accomplish in 1916.
Use all your reason and common
sense in so doing, taking full account
Of your personal ability to guide the
Kite. Consider well if there is more
natural force in you than you mani
tested in 1915, and of your deter
nination to control this force and
make it count in the asset column.
Then after you have completed this
dealistic mental picture, look at your
nyoice again and see if you have
damned to sail your 1916 kite too
Ugh or too far out If so pull in
he cord and anchor it safely at a
loser distance. Sail to your full ca
acity but do not over rate your per-
onal ability lest 1917 finds you with
still lesser figure IN the asset {
olumn. Create a safe vision in your I
cart and mind, and thank God He
ives you the ability to hold stead
lstly to it. a
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