Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-18
WHAT NEXT!
(Written by Camp Hancock soldier.)


is but you still in camp and will remain for
some tme-nobody to know just how long Train
ing has been reduced discontinued Work has been de-
creased to the necessary minimum.
What you going to do while you marking time?
Are going leisure gumbng because you
not home yet? That will not do anybody bit of good. 1t
may do much harm. Some complaint may be Justified it
may not But in any it is useless You here You
going stay here until they hand you your orders go
out What are you going to do with your time?
Why think little? That will be rather hard for
some 1t surprising how few people really think Some
have considered worth while to think-a useless
pastme for "highbrows" Many have been too lazy to
think They prefer to let other think for them.
Many refuse to think because sometimes thinking shows
them things they do not wish to Still other
busy doing nothing that they have time to think They
get lost in the trees and the woods Nobody
too stupid to think if he will.
In the history of mankind there have been just two
kinds of men-hose whose lives meant something to the
world and those whose lives simply snuffed out
candle is tale told by idiot full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing There the who in their lives
reached goal and the who did not who simply passed
and left rack behind" living there two kinds
of those who have goal and those who have
Those who have goal ideal nothing-they
the chaf which the wind driveth away-derelicts. Of
those who have goal there knds-those who
making progress toward it and those who not.
Why do men fail to reach their goals? Because the
standard has been too high? Never. No ever yet
failed because impossible. The greater the
goal the longer the time necessary in which to attain it.
Then inevitably is discarded for still greater The very
reaching of foal offers innumerabe broad vsas to
abundant life There is only why
fails to reach his goaland that because he loses sight of
it, He grasps at vain reflections bits of tin broken
glass by the wayside and the bright ahead is lost
view The root of all evil money false stand
ards and false appropriations of value.
The man who stops to think where he is and where he
is going is the who gets where he wants to GO If
officer in the field wants to lay down plan of action he
first spreads his map out on the ground and oren it, then
he lines up two known objects and finds def
ntely where he is After that he figure how to
get where he wants to go.
Thought is the pebble dropped into a pool No
matter how small the pebble and how large the expanse
water the rpps of that disturbance extend all the way
the shore They be slight but they will continue
to the very edge of the wateruness they be
comedy contrary force Of greater intensity So is thought
in life. Thought makes the The affects life
about him and future generations directly and indirectly
and in everdmnishng but neVer-endng power, every
thought lives through the ages tmeuness
it is bad thought Every thought good bad a force
There is divine inevitable irresistible force ruling the
universe and guiding its through the to the
Eternal Truth Every thought every force toward evil,
stems the tide of Truth temporarily and in proportion its
strength but matter how strong may be- it is weaker
than the UNIVERSAL power of Truth and must perish.
You have time And make your thought con-
structiye and permanent. You all young The
greater and better part of your lives lies fair before you
No who has part whatsoever in this great struggle
fail by idotc perversty derive benefit
participation therein Every one OF you has made
sacrifice and the making of that sacrifice you
better Now the time to make your profit perma-
nent. Consolidate the ground you have gained
Your life is yours to make or to You have been
in the Army-how long? You have had the opportunity
nay you have confronted the necessty-of comparing
yourself with other from all parts of the country
from every walk of life You have their strength
their weaknesses You have wherein you exceled
them, wherein you inferior Turn that advantage
Observe the who has made better showing than you
have What his outstanding characteristics which have
brought success? Start to attain them Observe
who has not done we'll you. Wherein lay the
of his weakness? Plan to avoid falling the
trap yourself.
Look back upon your life before you entered the
vice Was it amless, trivial? Set for yourself
ideal et it be high one) and strive toward it. Has your
life been futile uncertain? Plan to drop anchor
where make fast in the harbor of Confidence and give your
self something to live for. Get yourself religion It