The Elbert County tribune., 1916-12-22


made good resolutions last New Years-my in
tentions were of the very best, but 1 did
have the Will power to live up to them.
Pray. what As the of making new ones?"
Well, forget last years good resolutions and
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 MS your brain can conjure up. Per
haps you did fall to keep the good intentions
that made you so happy when you thought them
out. but remember you are very human. Indeed,
II we all were not very human there would be
absolutely need of making any kind
of good resolutions
Many of us will the old year go with few
regrets. 1t brought us, perhaps, extra share
of cares and disappointments, 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 better and braver
woman
Welcome the new year and by al means make
new good resolutions. Every of needs to
make them because / have said, all
man woman.
In the hearts of most of us is wonder n curl
Nosity, as to what the coming year may bring to
us. whether good fortune or bad, sorrow or joy.
How many of us realize that the shaping of our
fortunes during the year to come is in our hands?
We do not need to depend on some imaginary
fate to deal us out good luck or bad, she will,
II we have the earnestness 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 all desire
In reality In 1917 Is happiness, no matter what its
source. To be contented and happy, that is the
most wish for anyone, including ourselves.
We can find true happiness by making and keep
ing the proper kind of New Years resolutions.
The annual period for taking stock of
mental. spiritual and material resources finds
most of about where year ago. We
the same thoughts
We animated by about the same expecta-
lions. When depressed 1t is because of
the same old fears.
Some have learned something in the dying
year. Some have not. Some hope to learn during
the coming year
Most of spend the main portions of 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 feared did not happen. Some of us
lack grip upon ourselves.
This annual stock-taling of mentality
should light the future of the coming year with
the experience of the year just passed. If it
doesn't do that not doing the job right
The extent to which have learned our les
sons in the old year win be the measure in which
We may gauge expectations for the new year.
Turning the New Leaf.
From time immemorial 1t has been the custom
of the forehanded good odfashioned neighbor to
vuuarc up his accounts, make new resolves, start
cutting Off certain bad habits, ana turn over
tew leaf"
This Is perfectly reasonable and natural AS the
caIendar marks a new cycle of time we In