The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-12-22


tentIons were Of the very best, but | did
not have the viii power TO live up to them.
Pray whit Is the sense of making new onesr
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 as 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 50 very human thei" would be
absolutely no need of our ever maxim. any kind
of good resolutions.
Many of US viii see the old year 50 with few
regrets IL brought us, perhaps, un cxtru share
Of and dIsappontments hut are We not all
the better and stronger for them. and will not
the lessons they taught us stand ny In good stead
during the coming daysl Dear friend, let me as
sure you that the difficulties aud dlscourngements
you surnountcd during this sti present year will
without question make you better and Drawer
woman.
Welcome the new year and by all means make
new good resolutions. Every one Of us needs to
make them, because Ms have said, we are all
man or woman
In the hearts ~ most of us IL wonder. curl.
osity, as to what the coming year may bring to
us, whether good fortune or bad. sorrow or JOY.
How many ot US realize that the shaping OF our
fortunes during the year 10 come is in our handsf
We do not need to depend on some imaginary
fate TO deal us out good luck or bad, rs she WILL
II We have the earuestness and the desire TO sue
cecd
All Desire Happiness
HUT after NIL We want something more out Of
the year to cotne than Just material success wei.
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 It's
source. To be contenici and happy that Is the
most We can wish fpr anyone Including ourselves
We can find true happiness ny making end keep
Ing the proper kind VI New Years resolutions
The annual period for taking stock of our
mental spiritual and material resources finds
most ~ us about where were year ago We
nrc living about the same We are thinking about
the same thoughts
We are animated by about the same expecta-
tons when We are depressed II is because OF
the same old fears
Some have learned something in the dying
year Some have not. Some hope 10 learn during
the coming year.
Most If us spend the main portions VI our lives
In disappointment the failure II that which
We hoped might come To pass, balancing that with
our washedout pleasure that the worst of the
things We feared Odd not happen Some Of US
lack grip upon ourselves
This annual s'ocstaSing Of our mentality
should light the future Of the coming year with
the experience Of the year Just passed II II
doesn't do that Va are not dolrs the job right.
The extent TO which save learned our les.
sons in the old year viii be the measure In which
we may gauge our expectations for the new year.
Turning the New Leaf
From time iRlnenoria Il has been the custom
Of the farehanded good cid.faShoned neaghhor TO
square w his accounts, make new resolves. start
cutting OF certain bad habits and turn over a
new leaf"
This Is perfectly rcasonshls and natural As the
calendar marks y new cycle ot tlroe so we In