Evening star., 1924-12-31

as IL 1t had never been--shouId be
| chased from the stage Of life and
never allowed to stick its ugly head
| from behind the wings to frighten
the audience where peace and plenty
hold somnolent sway, and the hours
pass away to the merry swing OF
| great orchestras beating out Sub
| Unity, Peace, Happiness, Good"
Yea, verify. this Is an entrancing
picture. but there is something un-
| real about It. 1t Is not life De-
spite our best efforts, there will
come moments, when worry crops up
AS I have tried to point out, worry
| then Is no longer an enemy, but a
| friend, IL we accept 1t in the proper
spirit.
| The worry we should steel our
| hearts against Is the petty worry
that fritters away our time, our
| peace Of mind, our very muscle and
| sinew, and our nerves above all.
| What tremendous waste there
| is In this useless fuming and fussing 9
| that goes on day after day. night
| after night.
We fret about the street cars, and
| the weather and the toncats on the
| back fence, and the barking dogs
| the playing children, the fact that
| small Johnnie only got IA &c" on his
| report card; we fume over the way
| the shop girls treat us-or do not
| treat us-and the outrageous atti-
| tude of this or that public man, and
| the possibility of a life hereafter
| and a hell thereafter, and whether
We should go to the play tonight or
! tomorrow night. and, If so, which
| necktie we should wear.
| " 10 hIn a
! that. and generally a great deal
| worse. Instead of devoting our time
| to constructive effort. often we al
| low matters OF absolutely no inn
portance to usurp our hours.
More than that, We permit persons
OF no Importance to worry us. /
! speak not Of the man who has
| learned TO shed the i'll remarks OF
| friends, acquaintances and others. but
| of the great majority who take every
word spoken to them in great
seriousness. If you think this is not
so, just remember this the next time
some one says the slightest thing
| out of the way to you. You viii re-
| act to 1t as most do, in all probabil-
| ity, going home TO worry about 1t, as
| il 1t were something of real impor-
| tance, or as If 1t meant anything In
your life as whole.
| The best way to overcome TINS
| bad habit is to think about 1t now
| and then-as you are doing now
| and to attempt to think about it at
| the time when II is most necessary
| to keep the thing In mind. Thus,
| when a trivial occurance starts the
| old wheels in the head to going
| around in circles, which is all worry
| Is, for II gets one nowhere, stop and
think on this thing!
| Perhaps there is no phase Of human
| existence where thinking can do
| more good than in curing unneces-
| sary worry, for the very act of think
| ing along constructive lines tends
| to blot out the worry idea. This is
| about the best tip that has come out
! OF the so-called practical psychology
| Most people can think of but one
| thing at a time, so that If they in
| troduce a new thought to take the
| place of the worrying ones, the new
| one Will hold dominion until another
| one arrives.
| Think about your dogs. think about
! the kids. think about that new golf
| club, think about what you are 60
/ ing to do this year, think about any
| thing except what is worry to you.
Some more good advice"-yes, but
1t works, If one takes the trouble to
work it out for himself. A little
physical action, such as an afternoon
| on the links or a long walk, also
| helps.
| And remember that grand old
| motto:
'I am an old man, and l have had
| many troubles, most of which never
| happened."