Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-07
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CONTENT, DISCONTENT
By F. 4. WALKER

4he todo peneatn the harrow knows Exactly where each tooth point goes: The butterfly upon the road
 Breaches contentment to that toad" MOT all of Kipling's best poetry is V printed in large type. Some of 1t appears in the smaller characters When 1t precedes verses which the au- thor thought were more important.
 That is the case with the lines print ed above which in the bound volume serve as an introduction to "Pagett, M. F."
 But one need not be butterfly to preach cOntentment. There Is many a man and woman living far from a butterfly life that preach contentnent in the most forcible and convincing way, which is by example,
 Discomfort is very contradictory in it's results. It has been responsible for innumerable failures. It has been the most forcible factor in the great est of the worlds revolutions and ref ormations.
 Get man or nation thoroughly discontented with surroundings, with laws, with government and there is bound to be change.
 Discontent has played a consider able factor in the history of America. It was discomfort, dissatisfaction means the same thing, with the means of communication with the rest of the world that led Columbus to sail out into the mysteries of the Western oceans
 It was discontent with the religious restriction of their home country that led the Pilgrims to sail for Plymouth. It was discomfort with the laws un- der which they were living that led the fathers of this country to rid themselves of the English yoke and become a free and independent peo- pie.
 In any one of these instances con- tentment would have been the worst thing that could have happened to America, the worst condition that could have obtained. It would have stif1ed progress and hindered the ad- vancement of the whole world
 But where discontent Is useful once 1t is harmful thousand times because 1t Is for the most part badly based.
 Are you diseontented with your home? Nine times out of ten your home could be made better If you really wanted to exert yourself to make 1t better.
 Are you discontented with your job Ninety-nine times out of a hundred you are not making half as much of your job as you ought to.
 You are not taking interest enough in it.
 You are not trying to make your self and your job bigger and better. Try it for a few days and see if contentment is not the result
 Are you discontented with your gov ernment2 Some writer has set down the truth that "every people is as we'll governed as 1t deserves to be- In other words, if your government is not right and just and if under it you suffer without reason, then you and others who suffer are to blame for mol changing 1t by proper means and law. full and orderly procedure
 Breaking a law never bettered a law.
 Contentment is the worlds greatest preventive of gray hair and wrinkles It is the best preservative of youth and happiness. It is the most won derful antidote for an i'll nature or 6 grabbed disposition.
 Cultivate contentment with every thing good.
 Encourage contentment with what Is impossible of change.
 Be discontented only with what is unjust and do not be contented untf the wrong has been lighted.
 The toad, if he lodges all the har rows teeth, is after all not so badly off. The exercise doubtless does hin good.
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