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those boyish dreams come true. We
| have been told that the "child Is
| father Of the man." wich means that
as the boy thinks, plans, and dreams
in his sober earnest moments Of
boyish life, so will the mature man
think, plan and dream In the years
TO come. Hold fast TO our child
hood dreams and they will come true
with the years Wen take the peo-
pie Of ancient Greece for illustra-
ton. Those mothers and fathers
concentrated their hearts and minds
on the ideas that their children
should study art and beauty and
what was the result. Greece be-
came the greatest beauty model and
art teacher the world has ever
known.
Again, look at Rome. The early
Romans concentrated their minds
on Law, War and Power. What do
we find? The Romans became the
most powerful nation on the face
of the earth and their kingdom EN-
braced all the known lands of that
day. Historians tell US now that
Rome gave the law TO the world
while Greece gave the culture, re-
| finement and beauty
So we come 10 the theme on
which my essay is built. If you con-
centrate your thought and hold 20
it Professionally, work with it along
the line Of your greatest ambition,
nothing can prevent you from max
ing vonr dreams come true. But
spasd0mic enthusiasm, working som
and lingering much VIII get you ~.
where Dreaming without eNor
1 Will only waste your power Tho
fellow that Is forever blowing bub-
bles or building castles in the ali
win never make "a success. The
time comes % every person when
he must face The stern realities OF
life and build bis mansions Of more
substantial material
Everywhere there are disappoini
ed men and women who have tired
of life because they could not gcf
what they lonred for Perhaps ).
was q musical education, training
for authorship, law or medicine, Oh
some other vocation TO which theg
folt they had been called They
are struggling along in an rneon
genial environment, railing 90 The
fate which has robbed them az then
own. Thov feel that life has cheat
ed them, when The truth is they
probably have cheated themselves
They did not insisiently send OBJ
their desires and longings. They
did not nurse them and positively
refuse 30 give them up. Above all
they did not put forth their best ef
forts for their realization and thu
life is a failure 20 them.
Three things we must do 10 make
our dreams come true We must
visualize our desire. concentrate on
our vision and work TO bring It into
the actual. All the necessary i'm
PIGMENTS and materials are within
our minds and hearts. No matter
what the accidents Of birth or for
tune, there is only one force by
which we can fashion our life ma
terial-mind. OF two girls in the
same wretched environment, one
picks up an education, trains her.
self for place and power, while the
other grows IN a nobody. II is all
In the girl. Each has the same ma
terial TO work with One changes
Il 70 gold: the other 20 lead
Very few can realize the close
coordination which exists between
their visions, their mind pictures,
and the actual accomplishment Of
their career. The principal cause
Of the majority Of failures in life
are due 20 the misunderstanding re-
gardng the relation Of thought 10
accomplishment. The gradual fad
ing out Of ONES dreams, the losing
of ones vision may be traced 20 this
cause. When we first start out in
life we are enthusiastic Our Wis
ion is bright and alluring, and we