San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-18
"WORK-AND MORE WORK."
To the Editor.

To the Editor:
think it is rather nice Of the editor
to give us space in which to air our
opinions.
Mr.. W. r. Winters thinks the
church is ineffective, wealth is I'M
equally distributed, etc.
We owe a great deal to those old
monks who kept the torch of knowl-
edge burning all through the black
night of the Middle Ages" That has
some of the ''ear-markS" of efficiency,
don't you think? However, / leave
this subject to some one more compe-
tent than myself, although ] "kinda"
like the church. l don't reserve my
religion for exclusive use in the church
but try to use it as the salt Of my
daily life, as go to church very sell
dom, being physically handicapped in
such a way as to make it impractical.
l thank the Lord that he did not see
fit to afflict me with any great wealth,
my character might not be strong
enough to bear it, at least kid" my
self into thinking that way.
Kersy Palm sums up the general
opinion very neatly when he says.
everything ails the world today, and
he sees practically no remedy.
think a great deal of our dissatis-
faction is caused by a sense of our
own Importance. We feel our limita-
tions too keenly: the word "impos-
sible" has been flung at us until We
accept it. Now, / have a personal
grudge against the man who incorpor-
ated the word "impossibility" into our
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gether and eliminate it entirely. Moth
ing is impossible. Nothir is static.
Things that seemed impossible a few
years ago are now everyday facts, so
why keep such a futile word in useI
We may not see any solution TO CIV
en- problem, but there are still many
laws which we have not learned. l
always try to hold open house in my
mind for fear / miss some delightful
new visitant.
In my humble opinion the best solu-
ton to the present day unrest is work,
and then some more work. There is
nothing more satisfying than the self
respect that comes from the knowledge
of work we'll done. Reward is the
simple logical conclusion.
Ibsen SAYS, Timer greatness is not
necessarily Unborn and can sometimes
appear late in life as a result OF
psycho-chemical process called forth
by circumstances between given in
dividual and supeTvening clrcum-
stances"
There is a mistaken idea that the
mind is unable to grasp new line OF
thought when one is past, say %. The
reason for this theory is lack OF reas-
oning. So few people have the study
habit. When you have acquired this
YOU can learn most anything, barring
some physical handicap, regardless OF
age, although some things are so FAR
below the surface that it would take
so long to reach pay ore that it
would be extremely impracticable TO
undertake that particular thing.
1t is simply an attitude OF MIND
Just say to yourself Il can" and the
chances are zen to one that you can.
When YOU have reached this glorious
realization the battle is half won.
Do not deplore the lack of early OPP
portunities. The people who have ac-
complished move have made their own
opportunities.
Do not try to convince Others that
YOU can do a thing until you are tlrst
convinced yourself.
Do not. think that you can do
thing by simply wanting to. Prepare
Yourself with the subject in mind, and
then go out and fight until the thing Is
accomplished. Fighting makes for
strength. When you win your place
through sheer ability you are much
more likely to keep it than the per-
son who has been assisted.
When we see people who have gone
far, we see only the finished product.
We do not see all their struggles and
failures. The greater the success the
more failures 1t has for foundation.
Perseverance is the thing that counts.
Make each failure 4 stepping stone to
a greater effort, and you have not real
IL. failed. If we have the right stuff
in us failure develops and strengthens
our characters as nothing else can, we
then get busy and fight for our own
self-respect and will accept no COM
promise.
The fact that you are farther along
in life than you would wish is an adj