The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-05-20
VACATIONS.

Take a vacationl 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
fail TO have our good time Oftener.
Don't think you haven't time to take
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 of the sea to sail up TO the
strand, draw one into it by some meth
Cd Of affinity unknown to science and
carry one on 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
dutiesI Shoe the obligations! Just
you get up and goI
What one needs to be well and hap
py Is out-of-doOr exercise-to get in
touch with nature and forget oneself.
The open air is not only a cure for the
body, but for the mind as we'll Nature
Is not only q fairy godmother, not only
a 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 land.
And yet some of US are discontinued
and feel ourselves misused because we
happen to be a little short Of money
now and then, and it is hard to ind
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 in
the heart, and are due largely to the
need Of change-a vacation. Get out
Of doorsI Rejoice with the trees, the
flowers and the birds. 1t is an exhii-
arating, heaIthfuI and sublime uplift
that they Will give you If you win but
go to them.
What has not quitting the crowded
city for a change Of air effected! How
many has it not snatched from the
jaws Of DEATH How many has 1t not
saved from sickness How many con-
sumptives, melancholy hypochondriacs
and waning and harassed dyspeptics
has it not restored to former health
fitness and joy. Go to Nature 1t VIII
strengthen your bodies, upiift your
souls and help you to forget how tired
and troubled you are And the slips
of health and contentment you will
gather you should plant in the neglect
ed garden Of your soul. Remember,
1t is not always youth time any more
than 1t is always May; and gratis and
shoots that grow readily in spring will
take no root In bleak November. Gull
tivate your smiles and your simple
services of love now and old age shall
be but an afternoon trellis. hung deep
with perfumed roses, as beautiful In
the sunset glow as In the dawn
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