The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-24


double his efforts; the lawyer demands
il and will work hard to deserve it. We
all have the gift to bestow it, as it costs
SO little and gives SO much pleasure.
Why withhold it? How would the boys
IN the trenches feel were it not for the
appreciation we have for them? What
kind of sermon would you expect if the
preacher thought you did not appreciate
his efforts? How much sacrifice would
you be willing to make to an enterprise
or individual who did not appreciate it?
No business, no church, no school or in
dividual ever was OR ever will be Sue
cess who lack appreciation. There is no
sense so keenly sensitive to its influence
as the expressed acknowledgement OF a
service rendered.
Our children'S education depends
largely on our appreciation of the teach
er: our home comforts are measured by
the appreciation we manifest On our re-
turn at night. The many little acts of
kindness. the warm slippers, the waiting
supper, the tempting repaSt, all prepared
for our comfort, with but one hope of
reward - appreciation which may be
manifested in CHEEKY smile or well
come greeting and an expressed desire to
eniov the environments made for Our
comfort and happiness. Appreciation
will bring all this about while lack OF
il or an Indifference to our surroundings
will have quite different effect and de-
spondency will take the place OF cheer
and who is to blame?
r Be magnanimouS, broaden out your
conception of the other fellows efforts
to please; take it for granted he is doing
his best; encourage him to continue his
idea of ability which may perhaps not be
as we'll developed as yours; he may lack
the training necessary to reach your cul-
tiyated opinion, nevertheless he's willing
to try and should at least receive the >ap-
preciation his efforts deserve. Don't spoil
a good blacksmith trying to make poor
lawyer out of him; fellow whose am
billions get the better of his good Judg-
ment will sooner or later find it out and
he will naturally fall to the level OF his
true value in any line his ambitions may
lead him.
Are YOU aware that all the work done
nv the women of our land who are busy
knitting all kinds of things for the boys
ssover there'' is done because OF appre-
citation: the biggest strike the world ever
knew would take place were lack or
appreciation in evidence, more needles
would stop work and more hands quit
their Jobs than are in all the wOolen
mills in the country, and lack OF appre-
citation would be a national calamity,
and our government officers know it, so
appreciate its importance.
Lack of appreciatiOn brings many dis
appointments which are hard and bitter
and can often be prevented by little
appreciation. Remember the world is
looking ahead to something in the fu-
trre, an object that can be better dis
cerned by the spiritual rather than by the
natural eye.
When a man can believe that tomor-
row will be greater than yesterday, he
naT serves geo Confidence and confidence in
turn serves the nation. Don't be a
dreamer, generalizer or creature OF
visions with the instinct of c!airvoyant
andthe temperament of an artistic wake
up and realize you are in real live
world. Look about you and enjoy all
the blessings God has given you. Make
comparisons with the other fellow and