The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-01-25
CHEERING UP BUSINESS

The cheering-up business is one OF
the most profitable enterprises one
can engage in, so Tar AZ paying ones
way in life is concerned. To be sure.
those who always appear cheerful and
happy are never supposed to have
troubles of their own. and to them
is denied the gift Of sympathy, be-
cause it is taken for granted they do
not need it, but they have their conn
pensations, and those who cheer 9TH
ers need have little fear OF them
selves.
Being cheerful may be made as
much a habit of mind as being
gloomy. The realization of this is
not SO general as 1t should be, but in
trying to keep the song going in the
lives of others, the melody OF 1t gets
into ones own, and brings the I'M
Outstanding that while the strain may
sometimes change to minor key. 1t
will surely blend again into joyous
major tones.
Part of the knowledge one gets by
going into the cheering-up business
is that the pain which Is born OF sor-
row, the distress which arises from
trouble, the stings of irritation, will
gurely pass away. Never a shadow
sat on one side of the hearth without
an angel on the other" The truth
of this is understood clearly by those
who cling persistenly to the cheerful
view of things and endeavor to bring
1t before the eyes of others.
Many of the cheer-up ones are un-
conscious that they are engaged in
the business They are born to face
life with CHEEKY countenance. and
are simply fulfilling their destiny
without requiring generalization TO
govern their actions.
The one who is born with cheer
full spirit is lucky mortal, but cheer
fulness in common with most attri-
butes of the mind, may be acquired il
it is nourished by thought and prac-
tice Those who have acquired cheer
fulness by a vigorous course of self.
training l1new it's full value The con-
trast between the Swallowed days and
the days ruled by sbright spirit
leaves ne question as to which is the
batter, and the enthusiasm thus
awakened creates the desire to SOW
benefits upon the world by being
happy.
Hsart cheer grows and grows as
2ast as 1t Is given away, and the
ao4Eaa from which 1t springs Is SEEM
fngfy fnexhaustible To be SUCCESSFUL
In the cheering-up business one must
go into it without thought of profit
for reward. If these are not looked
for one is never disappointed. and
under any circumstances generosity
means to give, without expecting to
receive in return. If reward comes, as
it is almost certain to come in some
form or other, it brings the happiness
of a pleasant surprise. or the salts
/, faction that is won by doing a good
turn for others These "goodturns"
are of various sorts and kinds. One
may do a good turn unawares, simply
| By smiling and looking pleasant" at
some one dL d lime WnSu q SAuAAO e%AN
a pleasant look are most needed.
The cheer-up business may be over
done, or meet with failure, especially
if it is too astentatious or it not back
| ed by sincerity. When followed as a
fad or mission, or If made too evil
dent that it has been adopted as q
philosophy it becomes irritating, and
loses the good effect which can re-
suit only from the real.
Aside from this phase. the benefits
which one may give and receive from
the cheering-up business are in
Vulnerable, but to make it successful
when it should be combined sympathy
with sorrow. and an understanding
that all human beings have tempers
and feelings of their own Unvarying
cheerfulness conquers the most
prejudiced and stubborn. 1t may take
time, but, Ike pluck, 1t always wins.
Elizabeth Ayres,