The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-04-29
WORK.

Employment il natures physician"
Health Is maintained by occupation.
When one quits work he loses the pep
that comes to him from doing some
thing and being Of some use. Of re-
spending to demands and maintaining
a routine, and his muscles get soft. his
internal organs go on strike. his appe-
tite fails and he loses sleep. Work Is
necessary to growth, because through
1t n acquires strength of mind and
body. Both brain and muscle grow
strong by exercise. by assuming re-
sp%onsibilities. by bearing burdens and
doing things. Work Of some sort is as
necessary to health as eating and
drinking.
Idleness and inaction breed nervous
prostration, fear. worry. gossip, crime,
constipation, and a host of evils. We
make friends through work, we find in
1t beauty. humor, pathos-all that goes
to make up a full, normal life. Con-
genial work is as necessary to peace
Of mind as It is for the health of the
body; it Is the symbol and venue for
almost all that is worth while in hu-
nan life. The happiest houvs of your
life should be when you are working,
and you can learn to like any work
you may be doing. But whatever your
job is you should dignity and vitalize
1t by putting your ideal into it, giving
your life, your energy, your enthusi-
assn, all to the highest work of which
you are capable. Your heart must in
spire what your hands execute. Your
work sometimes may be hard and
thankless, but like tough metal it
serves to suit the needs Of a strong
man and is better suited to that pur-
pose thar slipping soft drinks at a sum-
mer resort.
Cut out your 'grouch" If you have
one. Quit feeling sorry for yourself
and feel SORRY for others. When you
pity yourself because you think you
have a hard job your soul shrivels Up,
but when you pity others your soul ex-
pands and grows. When you are trou-
bled with g%rouchiness and self-pity just
remember that you are in q universal
guild Of toll, and the universal forces
Q1O luAh1lCly ouuPIdOAO ~ th0 ROCA
Jobs as we'll as to the good ones. and
that someone must do the work-why
not you? Any labor will be irksome
If done in a discontinued. unhappy
spirit.
"Who sweeps a room as in His sight
Makes that and the action fine"
To work. and to honor ones task by
a%ssociating it with the whole; to cut
out envy. jealousy and complaint, and
replace them with nObler traits would
prevent much sickness and go a long
way toward solving the labor problem.
Anyone can be healthy. happy and
successful who holds the right mental
attitude and who works with enthusi-
asm, determination and a light heart.
When you work, cultivate calmness.
poise. sweetness. doing your best. bear
ing all things bravely, living your life
undisturbed by the prosperity of your
boss. or the malice and envy OF the
man out Of a job.
Health and happiness are free If you
but reach for them-occupatton and
the right state of mind are pretty sure
to fetch them. The more useful work
YOU do. and the more you think and
feel. the more you really live. Then
after your work Is over for the day,
give yourself an hour or so for self
examination, for thought, for body ano
brain rest, for amusement, and you vii
have a good conscience, a good appe
tite. and peaceful slumber. LEARN
HOW TO LIVE.
Though no man can q cuDlt u
his stature, we can all make our
selves Ill, and most of us can keel
ourselves we'll. Most people will keeI
fairly we'll If they eat little; avoit
alcohol and tobacco; TAX plenty OF
fresh air and exercise; keep h mine
at work and the conscience at rest.
Let us abate something, at least, O.
our devotion to the almighty dollar
and regard the world as something
better than a huge workshop in which
we are to toll and mOil increasingly, til
death stops the human machine. LIE
us learn how to play.
Nervous strength, power Of concen
itration, Of application to a task. o
control Of emotion. Of decision. OF In
lhibition and perseverance,. In spite o
distraction and fatigue. come only b,
exercise and practice-in short, b.
worko
II anyone wants q happy old agt
he must first Of all betray hi
optimism; second. never brood owe
the past and the dead: third. wor
away to the last breath. to keep a
much Of his cerebral elasticity as poi
sible.
The courage given rs by n wor