Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-06-09
How to
Live
Commoa Sense CoumaneD a
Health, Happiness and
Loageviey
B. GEORGE E. DUTlER
A. NJ. ~ d


has mos: habituaily or repeatedly done.
In certain sense the old saying. LINE
upon line; precept upon precept." Is
founded on correct principles. Repeti-
ton continued results In becoming q
part Of the man. This 10 true not
only In IN intellectual and moral sense.
but II even more true In our physical
nature. The sum Of healthy exercise
will make q healthy muscular system.
The spasmodic. irregular and unwhole.
some exercises only can result In u
lack Of formation Of muscular strength
and muscular habits. What . man 10
tells the story Of what his habits have
been, and what his habits are deter.
mines what he Ii to be. This IL true
with all the voluntary functions Of the
body. and Is indirectly true with the
involuntary functions. The physical
tendencies OF childhood and youth are
rarely ever changed throughout life !:
and even later. We are constantly fall
ing into ways which follow us In all
our future career. Not only are phys
ical habits thus established. but the
operation Of the mind has the same
tendency. We think q thought. and It
Is considered trifiing. hut It returns.
and sometimes suggests itself . third
time to us. In this way the same
thought recurs over and over In the
nerve centers, and without our willing
II we find II present In the passive pOr-
lions Of the mental system until It
finally becomes habit Of the mind.
We are ever making ourselves over by
our thoughts and deeds. We can make
every action Of our life. every thought
Of our mind effectual II we viii. We
must devote good deal Of Thought to
the Ought-to-be. the shall-be. and re-
member, that as we think. rs We work.
SO shall be the result.
Many Of the ideas that we have In
herited help to narrow and cramp the
inner life. We must change our habits
Of thought. The proper adjustment
to our life and environment and the
daily effort to gain ones poise and self
control. Is effective In proportion to
the clearness and strength Of our
thought and the confidence we put into
II. Even happiness itself may become
habitual. One may acquire the habit
Of looking upon the sunny side Of
things, and he may also acquire the
habit Of looking upon the gloomy side.
Thought habit Is character. You are
now, In mind. body and estate, just
what previous thinking has made you.
Habit ls q force to be harnessed. Ev-
cry repetition of m ideal makes its
Impression deeper. There Is more and
more Of Its quality lodged In the sub
conscious mind. There It lives.
Through reiteration the higher and
purer thought develops and strength
ems It's corresponding brain cells. Its
physical functioning ground thereby
becomes more responsive. fertile and
easter to use. Through reciprocity
there IL a mutual stimulation. Like
capital, habit earns interest.
Many OF the noblest qualities Of life
never can have . richer opportunity
for cultivation than during illness. Pa
thence. endurance. cheerfulness. forget
fulness Of self, and thoughtfulness Of
others. when exercised and cultivated.
will yield good returns. like a metii-
cine" People who are predisrosed to
nervous disorders should get into the
habit Of living simply. They should
mold their lives according to some
philosophy or religion. They should
develop a fixed routine to free them
from the Jars and strains OF constant
change. A an enslnver Of body and
brain. the habit way Is most disadvan-
tageous to us. n We become addicted
to bad habits, our health becomes i'm.
paired and we age early. We must
overcome bad habits. we must set out
Of unwholesome rutS. All evil habits
may be destroyed by the man who real
" desires to master them. We must
keep the right idea before the mind
either that Of overcoming the habit. or
that OF the consequence Of yielding.
It's up to us! LEARN HOW TO LIVE.
Insist on being we'll so to bed with
that idea and get up with 1t; carry II
ABOUT WITH you as YOU Willy suut wv
face and hands about with you-and
somehow you are apt to find that 1t is
unto you even as you will.
Exaggeration Of the instinct Of fear
and apprehension not only makes PEG
ple IN, but is illness itself. The thou
sand and one needless worries over the
future are simply providence for the
morrow gone mad.
Crying over troubles will not mend
| them, but to bear them with dignity
and courage will do much to turn them
into blessings. Make the best and
| not the worst Of things.
Let us give play. recreation. and the
| other popular arts their proper place
beside the fine arts. and avoid the com
mon error which degrades play to Z
medical Instrument.
To reconcile health with perpetual
work. however ingeniously varied De.
mauis. not . human constitution. aol
even that II . Hercules. bat oae q