Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-03-22

may be your condition you have no
monopoly in suffering. You have your
compensations. Don't whine and get
the complaint habit. make the best
of things" This homely phrase is.
after all. the shibboleth of life. 1t is
the faculty of seeing some good-of
drawing some inspiration from the
most hidden source. that makes life
endurahe, that gloriies it. Life is
pleasant or unpleasant, hard or easy.
according to the way you look at it.
the way you think Of life. Thoughts
govern action. and he who governs his
thoughts is master of his destiny. Des.
tiny is not about you. but within
you Healthful, hopeful, optimistic
thoughts are essential to strong minds
and bodies.
Worry is one of the very bad men,
tai habits; it Injuries beyond repair
certain 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 organs or a combination of
them arises, death finally ensue Thus
may the habit of worrying kill. Only
too often mental habits are morbid
in their nature, and consequently cast
a morbid influence upon the physical
system over which they rule. Espe-
cially is this true when our minds are
conferred on the Involuntary functions
of he body. A man who has his mind
constantly pom his digestion will soon
have indigestion. Nature purposes TO
hnr AVN p,,hinnr o,l u,hor ,-o
undertake to supplant it by human
plans or artificial ways we destroy the
natural process and disease results.
Thinking Of what is eaten during or
after meals is a dangerous practice,
and if continued until it becomes a
habit will be a greater obstacle in the
way of curing any disease of the stom.
ach han any other factor.
A person who suffers pain, and
suffers his mind to revert to it CON
stantly, establishes a nerve habit OF
pain, and the sense of pain grows,
while the capacity to endure pain less
ems. There can be no greater calam-
ity to chronic invalids thar that they
get together and tell their ailments TO
each other. Such a course is but nurs-
ing disease and rendering it less cur
able. 1t should always be the aim to
cultivate reverse habits of express
sion to those we feel during ill
ness. Sickness is not the least of the
opportunities in life. 1t is the time
] for reflektion. 1t does not come by ac
cident usually, but is the effect of a
cause. Reason and reflect upon the
cause rather than the effect. The break
in the wrong modes of living which
is present affords the best opportu-
nifty to change the bad mental habits
and a start in better ways.
Many people go into society just for
the purpose of telling their aches and
pains and troubles. Such people should
be sent to the pest house n kept in
quarantine until they are cured; they
are as untouched by the myriad happy
influences of life as the mole is by the
light of a star or the flash of a comet.
They say "No n is as bad off as
am" Their salutation is always one
that plunges at once into the condition
Of the liver, stomach, nerves, OF some
bodily ailment. Forget it! Don't get
the habit of talking about sickness
WILL cNCly ~ JOu van L you
find a topic Of conversation more ele-
waiting than that of your aches and
pains and troubles?
Cheerfulness is to the body what
sunshine is-to vegetation. Hence with
a person who is in search of health
the essential thing to do is to cultivate
cheerfulness, h~opefulness, courage, and
not. allow ones self to think of his ills
much less to talk about them, except
to those who may find it necessary tC
know them in order to properly direct
his life. LEARN HOW TO LIVE.
Life is the interval between ont
breath and another-he who only hal
breathes only half lives, out he wht
uses NATURES rhythm in breathin.
has control cver every function Of hi
being.
Many people treble their troubles
making three out of one, by lookin,
forward, looking on, and looking back
Troubles grow nightly. If you broos
over them.
fatigue WHICH . uOt IcSONcIcu lTOI
after a nights rest, is incompatible
with the leading of a normal, efficient
wholesome, and happy life.
The aim of life is to produce tn
perfect man, so one must watch owe
ones integrity Of mind and body.
The requirements of health are goo
air, good food, suitable clothing, clear
illness, and exercise and rest.
Work keeps the human being in col
tact with stimuli from without tina
S are necessary to his health.
Self-distrust will destroy you trus1
surrender. abandon Yourself: believ
and thOu shalt he healed.
The way to live long is to live wise
". ard eSt.".i:siiS 10 BE moderate j
e all .hsnrs.