The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-03-18
TAUGHT HIM MUCH
HomeIy Philosophy OF Great
Benefit to Worried Man.
"WrestIe With Your Troubles as They
Come Along, and Don't Worry"
To- About ms Good Advice as
Can Be Given.

1--WE all have our troubles" said Mr..
friend of mine who has a some
what responsible position was bothered
by the ways and actions OF his sub
ordinates and co-workers and su-
periors. So he went TO a friend Of his,
an older and htgher-up man, for ad-
vice and comfort.
THE older man smiled over this re-
quest. The younger man had always
imagined that the older man In his
higher-up place was free from all wor-
ries; that he could do as he liked and
boss things to suit himself, but now
he heard the older man saying, smil-
ingly:
"'Good gracious You think you are
the only man that has troubles. You
think have no trouble to bother me.
Why, If you should take your troubles
and multiply them by about ten you
would begin to understand about
where stand in the trouble way. We
all have our troubles
(Which was Of course the simple
truth The man doesn't live who Is
absolutely his own boss. Low or high,
there is somebody above him or below
| him or around him to whom he must
defer. My young friend had an idea
that when he got higher up he would
| be free, unhampered; that he could
| do as he liked. But the minute he
| came to talk with that older friend
he realized, and never after forgot,
that no man in the world is free to
| do as he likes. This older and high
| er-up friend had superiors still over
| him and men Of the same rank and
| subOrdinates to wreStle with; he had,
as the saying Is, troubles of his own.
"But his talk with the older man
was a great relief and comfort to my
young friend just the same. In fact,
| 1t seemed somehow to broaden him
| right away. He smiled as he thought
to himself now that he was not the
only man in the world with troubles !;
there were others. And his own bur-
dens seemed lighter as he thought Of
the loads that other people were car
| rying. And it helped him a whole lot
to realize, as he now did, how his older
/
good front always. If he was wor-
ried or distressed he never showed it.
He kept his nerve, he was never up
set in fact, he never let his troubles
really worry him, as far as you could
see, and he was always considerable of
other people and their feelings and
ready and able to look at things from
other peoples point of view as well
as from his own.
"As he dwelt upon these things my
! young friend was helped enormously,
and he realized now, of course, that it
was these qualities and characteristics
that had always attracted him TO the
older man, and he firmly resolved as
far as he could to pattern after him,
which he has ever since done.
''My young friend is now older by a
few years than when he had this en-
tightening experience and he has also
advanced considerably since then and
he still is coming along strong.
"'Ever have any troubles come your
way nowadaysT I said to him the
other day.
/. "'Why, yes,' he said, right smil
ingly, we do have our little troubles
now and then and we do our level
best with them as they come along
but we positively refuse to worry over
=. EN-
"And really think my young friend
, Is coming as near to that as anybody
: | possibly can"