The mirror., 1917-10-04

from your grasp, knowing that
that whip is the thing that is hurt
ing himg You have less sense than
the dog. You are supposed to be
endowed with a greater amount of
intelligence than a dog. He knows
what hurts him and fights back.
You know what hurts you, is hurt
ling you day in and day out, and
|you lay down to it; haven't got
grit enough to fight against it and
Iovercome it. And that is your OBJ
stinate Opposition. You know that
you are wrong and won't admit it.
Nov don't get the word obstinate
lsnd determination mixed. These
1.-TWO words are as far apart as the
Imoon is from the earth. Obstinate
lneans to be unreasonable. Deter
|mination means to arrive at final
conclusion. Dissatisfaction doesn't
mean a final conclusion. 1t means
|shat when you have played a game
land played it safe and won, you
can say that you have arrived at
1.-THE final conclusion; that any per-
son with brains or common sense
lean do; while on the other hand,
lyou can't be satisfied with the re-
lsuits.
! so let's look at the other man s
hands and see what he holds. For
deceit, he holds, Honesty. Being
square and above board in all his
dealings; doing nothing that can
condemn him by those that hope
for his downfall. His talk being,
yes, or no. For the know-it-all he
holds, Willingness to Learn; never
putting his ideas higher than those
that have been through the same
game; knowing its tricks and
turns. Always ready to heed a
word of advice; looking for better
ways and methods of doing things.
Admits his mistakes and follies;
ready to rectify the mistakes that
ne made.
For laziness, he holds Energy.
Working body and mind to make
his game a success; afraid of no
labor that is going to promote him
in his fight for success. If he fails
to draw the card one time, he tries
to draw it the next time. But he
is determined to have that card to
complete his hand with.
For Dissatisfaction he holds
Contentment. Not finding fault
because he has not something that
others have. But striving to get
it if it is meant for him to have it..
If not satisfied with what he has,
realizing that what was intended
for others might not be meant for
him; in fact, making the best of
things when circumstances place
him where he is.
For Obstinacy, he holds Hum
bleness; willingness to face the
facts as they are. Knowing that a
losing hand never won a game.
Ready to become submissive to the
ideas of those older in experiences
than he. Now look at the two
hands. The hand that you hold
and the mans hand higher up. l
don't mean the hand you drew; /
mean the hand that you retained.
You drew cards, but you had a
chance to discard and draw new
cards, to begin a new game. But
no; I can't win, you said. Who
ought to wing You who took a
foolish chance, or the man that
played safe games Are you still
going to let your own conceptions
of right and wrong prove an OBJ
struction in your path; are you
still going to take those foolish
chances for the sake of keeping in
with a few rowdies? Has it got
you anything but humiliation and
failure? Why persist then in your
wise methodsa Why not come out
of that lethargic state that you
have allowed yourself to get into.
Drop that dogmatism and look at
things as others look at them.
Doesn't it occur to you that some
| where something is wrong? If