The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-14
VACATIONS.

Take a vacation! When think of |
all the good times there are in this
world which you and | might be In if |
we only had the good sense to avail |
ourselves Of our opportunities, | am
inclined to think We are not to be
commiserated so much after all IL we
TAIL to have our good time 0ftener.
Don't think you haven't time to take a
short vacation. You have. Don't wait
for the opportunity to present Itself.
take the opportunity. If one sat on
shore and waited for some trig little
boat from off the sea to sail up to the
strand, draw one into 1t by some meth
Cd of affinity unknown to science and
carry one off to Spain, don't you think
one would grow gray-headed and wan
before the voyage commenced? 1t is
just as silly and just as hopeless to
wait for some full-rigged opportunity
to draw near and force you on board.
Without some effort on your part you
will never set sail. You will never go
anywhere if you do not arise and go.
Leave your work for a while; leave
things undOne If need be. Bother the
duties Shoe the obligations! Just
you get up and go!
What one needs to be we'll and hap
py Is Out-of-dOor exercise-tO get in
touch with nature and forget oneself.
The open air is not only cure for the
bndv h,,t for tho Wind oS FppfI Nature
is not only fairy godmother, not only
revelation of beauty, but guide and
a teacher. We are told that Buddha
went into the forest to look for truth.
He left mankind and went to nature
for help. And you will be helped
spiritually and physically by going In
to Gods sanatorium Of Out-Of-doors.
All nature teens with JOY and peace
on summer days, seeming to laugh
and chatter and whisper to US OF
health and happiness. There Is mo-
ton in the ground. Each rill and trunk
of tree and stem of flower and blade OF
grass feels the thrill of life. Health
! and energy are abroad in the lana.
And vet some of US are disc0ntented
and feel ourselves miSused because we
| haDpen to be q little short of money
now and then, and it is hard to nnd
the plums in our pudding; or we are
sick, or think we are, and are despond-
ent and hopeless. These thoughts are
only the transient reign OF winter III
| the heart, and are due largely TO the
| need of change-a vacation. Get out
of doors! Rejoice with the trees, the
flowers and the birds. 1t is an exhil-
arating, healthful and sublime upLft
that they will give you If you VIII Out
go to them.
What has not quitting the crowded
city for a change of air effected no"
MANY has ii not snatched from the
laws of death! How many has 1t not
saved from sickness! How many con-
sumptiyes, melancholy hypochondrlacs
and waning and harassed dyspeptlcs
has If NOT restored to former health
fulness and joy. Go to Nature IL VIII
! strengthen your bodies, uplift your
souls and help you to forget no" tireu
and troubled you are. And the Sl'ps
nf health and contentment you VIII
gather YOU should plant in the neglect
ed garden of your soul. Remember
If is not always youth time any more
than it is always May; and gratis ana anu
shoots that grow readily in spring WIN
+oLe M root in bleak November. Gull
tiyate your smiles and your simple
services of love now and old age sha'l
he but an afternoon trellis, hung deep
with perfumed roses, as beautlful IN n
+bo sunset glow as In the dawn
LEARN HOW TO LIVE.