Red Lake news. [volume] (Red Lake, Minn.) 1912-1921, 1920-03-01

the age where you can think rightly have we'll
defined idea that you would like to attain success,
honor influence In fact, all young people have
this idea But practically 80 out of every 100 fail
because they lack the backbone to overcome dlffl-
culties the hard things which present themselves
on the way. And why is it fact that SO many
dodge the difficult things they come up? Because
it is the easy way.
Judging by my own experience when was
schoolboy, the first thing that occurred to me in
the morning a intricate problem IN mathe-
matcs science or translation, which found diff
cult to handle, or knotty question concerning
my work. In order to solve the problem or master
the lesson it would take a couple of hours or
more while it would take but few minutes to get
nv parents or teacher to help out 10 yield
to the latter method mighty easy; to resist
and do the work myself was hard. 1t follows that
the surrender to obstacles and hard work IS the
general rule and successful resistance the excep-
ton. However, here and there you lind boys ana
girls who do overcome obstacles, and who keep II
p in nearly everything that presents itself to them
and who triumph over difficulties. In these students
we recognize masters, those who acquire the con-
ouering habit, and we find this class of students
rejoicing in their strength, which comes from re-
peated victories.
HabituallY mastering dlr1culCleS places d sCuueHI
on sure road to overcome all obstacles in what
ever vocation he engages, and the large majority
of fellows who weakly yield when difficulties arise
are the very material on which the conquerlng man
builds. There are two ways to deal with hard
things: One is to give up, yield to that lazy feel
ing; give up mathematics account of the study
being hard pass your lessons up generally, and
give UP fight which would have placed you at the
tor because it took too much effort. Follow this
line of surrender for year and where are
you?
Just examine your backbone, test your mind
your moral strength, your conscience aso See
how your whole capacity for achievement has been
weakened until you are incapable, probably forever
like the great mass Of Junk heads that you see
around you.
It appears to me that boy or girl with any
sense at all will first try the other way, Whlch
is to tackle the difficulties as they come and De
their master instead of their servant Master the
problems knotty questions in your school work
and realize the joy of victory-see how strong you
will be for the next days work Master those hard
things faithfully until it becomes habit. Then see
how strong your mind has become, how you Jump
ahead in your work, how you grow to be master
instead of nonentity. Try this habit of honest
effort; commence right this obstacle conquerlng
habit and if it fails you then go back to the weak
method of surrendering to difficulties and take
YOUR place with the great of people who &C"
copied defeat for being helpless, as this helpless
habit begins early and it grows. 1t commences
by lodging responsibility with a desire to unload
YOUR work onto someone else; by never doing thing
that is not required of you Never broaden your
mind by study or proper reading, but just drift
along In time you will wonder why other boys
or girls are getting to the front while you are IN
the
Your mind may have become so stunted through
azness and lack Of ambition, and inability to think
right that you lay all the blame for your failures
on your teacher, your department. your school, Tor
YOU will not have enough discernment to know
that it is absolutely all in yourself and you alone
&c. students, cultivate strength, determination
in inc take places