The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-31
How to
Live
IS
Common Sense Comments on
Health. Happiness and
-" Longevity
81
By GEORGE F. BUTLER.
A. NJ. M. D.
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E00u health. broken, irregular steep,
If long continued. is bound 10 result
in nervous and physical breakdown.
Different people require different
amounts of sleep, but there are few
best work on less than eight hours
sleep in the twenty-four Continuous
curtailing of the sleep. even If it be
slight, is more serious than the occa-
Sional loss Of many hours. It renders
the mind heavy and sluggish It makes
one irritable and impatient, and great
ly diminishes the power Of good work.
Sleep must be natural. dreatnless, rest
full. Such a sleep cannot be produced
by drugs; neither will II come to the
man who eats and drinks TO excess
late at night. The active business or
professional man who loses sleep, or
who does not get good sleep, and who
eats, drinks, and smokes to excess. is
breeding a bunch Of trouble that Is
bound to overtake him sooner or later,
almost invariably about middle life, or
soon after. The irregular life of the
Society man or man about town can
not be combined with that of the siren
uous business man with impunity.
Drugs and stimulants won't help you.
You cannot drug yourself into society
or business.
By the aid Of sleep we recover the
energy we have used for the day, and
actually accumulate and store up en-
ergy The foolish man tires out his
mind and body and then resorts to
drugssto get to sleep. He is slave
to his conscious mind he depends on
his body, with its cerebro-spinal sys.
TEN that tires and wears out easily.
The wise man, whether he is energetic
or slow. depends on his superconscious
mind, which he opens to all elevating
Influences. It is he who lives the real
life, whether it be short or long. And
If YOU could know HIS mind. his inner
life of thought, you would find that he
never allowed mundane matters to in
terfere much with the amount of rest,
including sleep, that ne had learned
TO be necessary for his good health.
On going TO bed at night, after taking
breathing exercise, you should under
stand that first of all 1t Is wrong
TO attempt to force sleep. for that Will
prevent you from sleeping II anything
will. 1t will make you anxious, and
anxiety is death to sleep. Just assume
natural. easy position in the bed and
give yourself up to the soothing intlu-
ence of the night. The superconscious
will do the rest, in ordinary circufn-
stances. But if sleep should not come
at once. don't worry. a variety OF
reasons for seeplessness may exist,
but they mostly resolve themselves into
one namely, a tendency to think IN
stead of casting all thought from the
mind. After little practice, you can
learn to submit yourself to rest with
out thought, leaving everything to the
superconscious mind outdoor sleep
ing is preferable, but plenty of fresh
air is imperative. The bed clothing
should be light and porous but sum
Gent 10 keep the body warm. A good
mattress. and not too high pillow
are essential. When you awaken In
the morning you may lie moment
getting used to the change from sleep
| and then YOU should get up. DO not
lie there doing. Doing in bed In the
morning often will be enough to set
the tone for an entire day Of weari-
ness. You would better get up even
n YOU do not feel fully rested. You
will sleep the surer and the better for
It during the coming night. LEARN
HOW TO LIVE.
When you retire for the night, you
are not 10 ask yourself whether the
day has been a good day or BAD
day. You are not to review the past
or look forward into the future. You
should empty your mind of all con-
scious thought
The men of iron frames and llgnun-
vitae. nerves. of muscles Wrou2ht OF
the heart Of oak, of giant energy ana
herculean endurance. are the very men
who presume upon the inexhaustiolllty
of their physical capital and soonest
become bankrupt In vitality.
You must sleep well, II you mean 10
work well. You must have body ana
mind in good working order; and they
will not be in good working order I'M
less you sleep regularly. steadily, ana
enough.
am convinced. both by faith and
experience, that to maintain ones self
on this earth is not hardship but a
pastime If we will live simply and
wisely.
Resist the temptation at any cost
TO induce sleep by means of drugs, for
If sensible life is led, the blessed
gift of sleep is sure ere long to come
The best immediate preparation for
sleep Is the confidence that one VIII
sleep. and indifference If one does not
You have no right In any day to In
cur more fatigue than the sleep of the
next night will recover from.
Not an early riser but he who gets
the best sleep wins the worms.