The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-03
At TURN OF ROAD
Beginning Of New Year Good
Time for Retrospection.
Inspiration for Al o. Us In Reall1a.
tion That Things Which Worried
and oaddsnsd Were Only
1einOo
BY WIN. GEORGE JORDAN.

BY WIN. GEORGE JORDAN.
THE beginning Of the new year u
a natural. sharp turn In the road
Of time. Here We may wisely
rest q while. and In the peace and
quiet and calm Of self.communion see
the long stretch Of the road Of . sin.
gle twelvemonth. II u built imperish.
ably Of short steps Of living-from mo-
ment to moment.
Many Of the purposes for which We
laboretl and struggled. IN our narrow.
close. selfish absorption. seem poor.
petty and puny when seen from the
turn Of the road. The structure Of
some effort We thought marble now
In shown In its sickenlng sham % Q
hasty affair Of show and pretense.
made Of stan. that could not stand the
wear and tear and test Of time. Il was
not biilt on square lines Of character.
Of the best that was In %. II lacked
strength. sincerity. simplicity. The ma
eertal was made up Of policy and sell
dshness put together on hurried plana.
II was failure: II cannot be rebuilt {;
but 1t 10 worth only . passing regret
and a realization Of the lesson Of it,
oonsucccSs- the turn Of the road.
The look backward from the turn OF
the road should inspire % By making
vivid to 10 how much Of what We fear.
Cd never came to pass. The tyranny
or worry. that dominated % and held
us for months trembling slaves to q
weak fear. that dissipatsd our energy,
du'led our thinking. and darkened our
mental vision. at the very hours that
should have given 10 fullest control
OF our best. 10 now seen % an enemy
to truce individual growth.
The broader view Of life reveals that
the only great things In life are tribes {:
that what palned % most, saddened
our hearts. and turned our hopes to
ashes were only trines-cumulating In
TO overwhelming importance. A cruel
word. an unkindness. q little misun.
derstandins may darken . day and sep.
arate ~ from one We love OF may pet.
et1y - into Q mood Of doubt and ID.
spair. The most Joyous moments az
life. The high ughts In the pictures Of
memory. may too be only tribes Of
kIndnees. hne expressions Of love, sim.
pie tributes Of confidence and trus4
that make the very heart smile-as ~
remember.
Nature u constantly giving % new
turns Of The road. Il may b q birth.
day or some general anniversary IN IRE
cycle OF the year. Il may b some rcd.
letter day In The private calendar Of
our emotions OF some date eloquent to
% % telling Of some Joyous snrst" a.
some pathetic last" time In the sacne6
diary Of the heart. Il may be supreme
sorrow. an asonising sense Of To-. ~
coming Of great Joy. the closing az
come epoch In our lives. the proving of
the actually Of something too awful
Tor % even to have feared. some axult.
ant haIf.hour TINT changes irrevoc.h HE
oil our living. These and numhsr,.:.
osher days. hours or single momeot.
may bring 10 alone to-the turn NJ ~.
eoad. '' " W.
Then may come one OF tho.. ran.
moments OF life. Of nne spiritual dis.
cefnment, Of luminous revelation. ~
coming to ones highest self, when the
soaula' the mean. the Temporary. the
se'nsh are stripped In an instant n
tneir garish shams and tlnsel. Thsn
the real. the true. the eternal stand ~,
IN thelr majesty. bathed In the sn,en,,o.
eno glow OF the revealing Of Truth. In
such spirit the very tinsie Of IN. IN. n.
sr!stion OF the Infinite nlls ~. We
sem porn again to new. better and
enR