Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-03-20

Man is the result of his education.
a his education is only the SUM Of
his habits. or those things which he
has most habiiuaIly or repeatedly done.
In a certain sense the old saying. Line
upon line: Drerept upon precept." IS
founded on correct principles. Repetl-
ton continued results in becoming u
part of the nan. This Is true not
only in all intellectual and moral sense,
nature. The sum of healthy exel else
vii! make ii healthy muscular system.
The ~SpaSlnodic. irregular and unN<hOle-
some exercises DULY can result in a
lack of formation of muscular strength
and muscular habits. What a man is
tells the story of what his habits have
been. and what his habits are deter
mines what he is to he. This is true
with all the voluntary functions of the
body. and is indirectly tru with the
involuntary functions. The physical
tendencies of childhood and youth are
rarely ever changed throughout life
and even later. we are constantly fall
ing into ways which follow Us IN all
our future career. MOI only are phys
ical habits thus established. bWl the
operation of the mind has the same
tendency. We think a thought. and it
is considered trif1ing, but it returns.
and sometimes suggests itself a third
time to US. In this way the same
thought recurs over and over in the
nerve centers. and without u willing
it we find it present in the passive pOr-
lions of the mental system until it
finally becomes a habit of the mind.
We are ever making ourselves over by
our thoughts and deeds. We can make
every action of our life. every thought
of our mind effectual If we will. We
must devote a good deal of thought to
the ought-to-be. the shall-be. and re-
member. that as we think. as we work.
so shall be the result.
Many of the ideas that we have in
herited help to narrow and cramp the
inner life. We must change u habits
Of thought. The proper adjustment
to our life and environment and the
daily effort to gain ones poise and self
control. is effective in proportion TO
the clearness and strength of our
thought n the confidence we put into
it. Even happiness itself may become
habitual. One may acquire the habit
of looking up0n the sunny side of
things. and he may also acquire the
habit of looking upnn the gloomy side.
Thought habit is character. o are
now. in mind, body and estate. just
what previous thinking has made you.
Habit is q force to be harneSSed. Ev-
cry repetition of an ideal makes its
impression deeper. There is more and
more of it's quality lodged in the sub
conscious mind. There it lives.
Through reiteratiOn the higher and
purer thought develops and strength
ems it's corresponding brain cells. Its
physical functioning ground thereby
becomes more responsive, fertile and
easier to use. Through reciprocity
there is a mutual stimulation. Like
capital. habit earns interest.
Many of the nohlest qualities of life
never can have a richer opportunity
for cultivation thar during illness. Pa
tience, endurance, cheerfulneSs. forget
fu!uess of self. n thoughtfulness OF
others, wheE exercised and cultivated.
will yield good returns like q medi-
cine" People who are predisrOsed to
nervous disorders hOuld get into the
habit of living simply. They Should
mold their lives according to some
philosophy or religion. They should
develop a fixed routine to free them
from the jars and strains of constant
change. AS an %enslaver of body and
brain. the habi way is most d~isadvan-
tageous to us. Ii we become addicted
TO bad habits. our health becomes i'm
paired and we age early. We must
overcome bad habits. we must get out
of unwholesome ruts. All evil habits
NAV be destroyed by the man who real-
ly desires to master them. We must
keep the RICH: idea before the mind
either that of overcoming the habit. or
that of the consequence of yielding.
It's up to ust LEARN HOW TO LIVE.
Insist on being we'll; go to bed with
that idea and get up with 1t: carry 1t
about with you as o carry your W
face and hands about with you-and
somehow you are apt to find that 1t. Is
unto you even as you VIII!
Exaggeration of the instinct OF fear
and apprehension not only makes peo-
ole Ill. but is Illness itself. The thou
sand and one needless worries over the
future are simply providence for the
morrow gone mad.
Crying over roubles will not mend
them, but to bear them with dignity
and courage will do much to turn them
into blessings. Make the best and
not the worst of things.
Let u give play. recreation. and the
other popular arts their proper place
beside the fine arts. and avoid he COM
mon error which degrades play to q
| medical instrument
To reconcile health with perpetual
work. however ingeniously varied. de-
mands, not a human constitution. mot
even that of a Hercules. but one At
oak or iron.