The broad ax., 1924-04-26
PREPAREDNESS
By Jack smOthsrs

1Hs is swift and fleeing. We are
,,vinp today in health and happiness
!, ne bloom Of youth, and tomorrow
.,otbsr life is fickered OUTCOME to
=. great beyond. No longer win it
listen to the strains Of music and
laughter and merriment--it will Be
cold in death.
Altho this life IS short. great prep
,r.tions should be made to spend the
.bort time that we are granted, to
carefully prepare ourselves to do a
work. whether it be little or great.
". are told that Jesus spent more
Than thirty years preparing himself
Cor the short time that was spent in
actual work-teaching and preaching.
The man who is most capable for
certain work, is the man who is
chosen to perfect it or carry it on.
Al soon as one falls by the wayside,
another and another and SO on-untiI
long. long line is formed, of persons
waiting anxiously to get the place
I. ,-,csnt Who will receive IT.
II depends on you whether YOU viii
get it. If you are the best fitted, of
course. you will get the place, and the
opportunity to carry on successfully
the work which has been so abruptly
stopped
The man who works most jealous
w. who does the most for the most
people, with such means as he has.
will live long after he has been placed
beneath the sod.
Earnest and thorough preparation
should be made in some particular
branch or study, with the idea Of fill
ing the chair more creditably than
YOUR predecessor. 1t is not the kind
of work you do that counts, it is how
YOU do It. The meanest and most
menial labor can be dignihed, if there
is the determination to go one notch
higher than the other fellow; to do it
lust little BIT better than those who
have gone before; that is en-nobling it
and making it dignihed regardless Of
what il IS
The man who has an aim in view,
who diligently works toward that aim,
and fully qualities himself, is the man
who is always IN demand.
When applying for position, do
you think an advertisement which
reads ike this would mean very much
to man who wanted first class
carpenter or painter?
Il am answering your ad. / can
do anything.
Do you think he is likely to get the
position offered for a skilled laboTer?
What does anything mean? Are you
in the same position, can you really
and truly say that you can do any
thing Learn to do some one thing
we'll If you can do many other
things-feel that you know everything
about some one thing.
In preparing yourself for some par
ticular work, you may be subjected
to many hardships if you are not
fixed well financially, or you may
have to deny yourself many pleas
ures, but this matters very little When
you know that all these things VII
be yours in the end. That you vii
have the consciousness of knowing
that you are prepared to offer YOU
service for sale-and to demand :
good price for them; this is the time
when you receive back your payment
Tor the cost Of learning.
Begin today to think this over Asl
yourself the question, What can ! dc
wella If you do this, am sure yor
will let nothing get between you and
your goal or that will retard YOU
progress Of learning something which
will prove to be valuable to you al
your life.
@If you can build a mouse-trap bet
ter than your neighbor, though YOU
house be in the forest, the world vii
make beaten path to your door