The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-04-02
MENTAL HABITS.

No ono escapes trouble, so whatever
may be your condition you hive no
monopoly III suffering, You have your
compensations Don't whine and get
the eomplnint habit Make the best
Of things" This homely phrase Is,
after all the shihb0Ieth OF life. II Is
the faculty of seeing some good--of
drawing some Inspiration from the
most hidden source, that makes life
endurable. that gIorifies Il. life Is
pleasant or unpleasant. hard or ensy,
according 70 the way Won look Ut It,
the way you think Of life. Thoughts
govern action, aud he who governs his
thoughts IL master OF his destiny. Des-
tiny u not about you, but within
you. HealthfuI, hopeful, optimistic
thoughts are essential 10 strong minds
and bodies.
Worry is one of the very bad men
tal habits; Il Injuries beyond repair
cartain cells Of the brain; and the
brain being the nutrient center Of the
body, the other organs become gradu-
ally injured. and when some disease
Of these orgnns or a combination Of
them arises, death finally ensues Thus
may the habit Of worrying kill Only
Too often mental habits are morbid
In their nature, and consequently cast
q morbid influence upon the physical
system over which they rule. Espe-
cially Is this true when our minds are
conferred on the involuntary functions
u the bedy, man who has his mind
constantly upon his digestion will soon
have Indigestion Nature purposes TO
run her own machinery. and when we
undertake. to supplant II by human
plans on artificial ways we destroy the
natural process and disease results.
Thinking 81 what is eaten during or
after meals Ii Il dangerous practice,
ana II continued until Ii becomes
habit viii be q greater obstacle In the
way OF curing any disease OF the stom-
aeh thai, any other factor.
A person who suffers pain. and
suffers his mind to revert to ii con-
stantiy, establishes nerve habit of
pain. and the sense OF pain grows,
while the capacity to endure pain less
ems. There can be no greater culam-
ity 10 chronic invaligls than that they
get together and tell their ailments TO
each other Such q course Is but nurs.
Ing disease and rendering 1t less cur
able, Il should always be the aim TO
cultivate reverse habits OF express.
sion 20 those we feel during m.
ness. Sickness is not the least of the
opportunities In life. II is the time
for reflection. II does not come by &c.
cident usually, but Is the effect of a
cause. Reason aud reflect upon the
cause rather than the effect. The break
IN the wrong modes of living which
Is present affords the best opportu-
nifty 10 change the bad mental habits
and a stnrt IN better ways.
Many people 80 into society tust for
the purpose Of telling their aches and
pains and troubles, Such people should
be sent 10 the pest house and kept In
quarantine until they are cured thew
are as untouched by the myriad happy
influences of life as the mole is by the
light of a star or the flash of comet.
They say mo one is as bad off as /
am" Their saiutation is always one
that plunges at once Into the condition
OF the liver. stomach. nerves, or some
bodily altment. Forget It'll Don't get
the habit Of talking about sickness
with every one you meet. Can't Won
find topic OF conversation more ele-
waiting than that Of your aches and
pains and troubles?
Cheerfulness Is 10 the body what
sunshine is to vegetation, Hence with
q person who IL IN search Of health.
The essential thing to do is TO cultivate
cheerfulness, hopefulness, courage, aud
not allow ones self to think of his ills.