The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-08-30

IS A MAN thinketh in hi
heart, so is he;;'' His
opinion of himself will be

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GA@gy reproduced by the life
processes within him and outpic-
tured in his body. If we are to
make the most of ourselves as any
thing different from what we &C
tually are, the man we long to be-
come.
When ever you think of yourself,
form mental image of a perfect,
healthy noble being-not lacking
in anything-but possessing every
desirable quality and positively re-
fuse to see anything about yourself
which would detract from your
personality. Insist upon seeing
only the truth of your being. The
man God had in mind when he
made you. Not the distorted thing
which our ignorance and unfortu-
nate environment, wrong thinking
and vicious living have produced.
The estimate we have of our
selves which we carry in our mind,
will mean infinitely more to us than
other people may think of us. If
we would make the most. of our
lives, if we would be and do all
that is possible for us to be and do,
we must not only think well of
ourselves, but we must also be just
TO ourselves physically.
There are plenty of people who
are good to others, but are not
good to themselves, they are slaves
to others, tyrants to themselves.
Many give up just this side of sue
cess. They start in life with great
enthusiasm, but it generally oozes
out before they reach their goal.
All along life's course we see
people who have fallen out of the
race at different stages. Men may
be Industrious, honest, enthusias-
tic, we'll educated, and have good
opportunities, but lack persistency
and courage, and withdraw from
the race when the unseen goal is
only a little beyond. How sur
prised they would be if the veil
were lifted! But the failure to take
the last few steps has made all the
difference to them between failure,
mediocrity and the longed-for sue
cess.
There is an army of failures which
no human being could ever number,
encamped close to the great City
of Success. Near to its very gates
it has halted, but has never entered
the city and it never will enter it.
Thousands of people in this great
army of the defeated would tell
you, if questioned, that: they
never had a fair chance in life;''
that their education was neglect
ed" and they never had any one
to favor them" Yet many them
were born and reared under the
very shadow of public and night
schools and splendid public libra
ries, and had all their evenings and
great deal of day time at their
command while thousands of other
poor boys got their education by
the light of pine knots or tallow
candles or before the fire in log
cabins amid lowly environments.
These marched past them with tri.
umphant step on their way to vic.
tory.
Nearly every successful person
has felt during years of struggle
and endeavor that he was accom-.
plishing very little, and that life
might still be failure. But those
who have achieved little result
keep on trying no matter how
dark the past has. been, or how
great the obstacles.
There are many men who have
left prison, with only a dark road
before them; who have almost Civ.
en- up all hopes of ever amounting
to anything, but have overcome
the obstacles in their path, and be-