The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-08-02
ing it that it is reduced to the dullness

ing it that it is reduced to the dullness
of habit.
In the highway of life, habit is the
one influence that makes for about
nine-tenths Of ones actions. The
story is told of the druggist who fell
asleep in church. The preacher was
telling Of the wondrous power Of the
Holy Ghost, and ended in saying, ut
takes just little, very little, only
a small amount"
The druggist came to on the words
'just little, very small amount"
and spoke up, mot a drop without a
prescription" Even the habits Df
life had got him and he evidently had
but one response to make to situa-
ton.
| The highway of life has become so
perfected; our ordinary actions have
] become so set that scarcely anything
new enters, or can enter, in our daily
actions. In acquiring our profession
we first conquer the art Of doing and
then reduce that art until we can
| perform it 999 times out Of thousand
without thinking of it at ALL
! AS result daily life in the highway
becomes humdrum and uninteresting
and it is only when we get in the by
ways that the spice that sweetens life
is found. AS the autoist finds divers
ion and joy in the woodroad so the
individual finds the best things of
life when he steps away from that
which it has become habitual to do
and does something that is in itself
novel;
Not in our workaday lives but in the
things that happen when we see we
are not working do the greatest
things of life come to us. Our work
aday lives are set always the same
but when we step out of the highway
into the byways where we do not act
upon habit but upon the promptings
of our natural selves, then do we get
the refreshing things of life, the in
MIGRATING and inspiring things
AS I have said before the natural
tendencies of the individual are allow
ed free expression when we do not
attempt to govern our actions by the |
habits we have formed in our bust
ness life. SpOntaniety and nobility of ,
spirit are the results of things done |
at such times.
A man may make money in the high
way of life, but he inevitably wants
to spend it in the byways, among his
friends and new haunts and doing
those things that more truly repre-
sent himself. All the lasting memoir
les come to him from hese byways
which are strewn with the flowers and
fruits of contenment, the fragrance
and sweetness of life.
The highways fix the vocations of
man but the byways are he scenes of
his avocations. He wants to get away
from the more or less sOrdid things
and to find ease and quietude and
among the byways of life.
His hopes, ambitions and loves are
built up there.
In his vocation man works and
strives to possess his share of worldly
goods. He has no time to do more ,
han concentrate every energy upon
he fulfillment of the requirements j
If his profession, business or trade. :
In his avOcation, man plays and
rests and dreams. He not only re-
uvenates himself, recuperates his {
fred body, but he plans for the future
up ambitions, ideals and as :,
1irations. His real self comes forth :
@ be ministered unto by he peace !
ul influence Of the quiet byways OF I
lis life.
Apparently the highways Of life, F
ike the main travelled roads, are the
important things in life Everybody f.
ices them. They seem to stand out {
IS the biggest things. But the byways q
# life which are less frequented
eally get into the marrow of the in 7
lividual and Undue him with the de-
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