Evening star., 1928-12-04
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

which may be cultivated. There are
! some persons to whom it comes natural
| ly, and such may count themselves
| blessed, except upon those occasions
| when hurry is needed. In such cases
| such persons are likely to find them
| selves subject to worry. A little worry
now and then, however, will hurt no
one. The propaganda in favor of opti-
mism has landed rather heavily on
| worry, but the plain truth of the matter
IS that an ordinary amount of worry is
not harmful. Many people worry
| through a long and eventful career,
forever preparing for something that
| doesn't happen, or anticipating some
| thing which fails to materialize. It
may be said that their worry did them
! little hurt after all. merely intensifying
| traits which would have come to the
| surface anyway
| Those to whom the unhurried atti-
| tude does not come by nature need not
| therefore despair of attaining it, if they
| finally make up their minds that it is
| a good thing. Like most mental states,
it may be cultivated to certain degree.
| One to whom it is not natural may not
be able to attain the perfect state. but
he will achieve much in the mere culti-
vation of the habit, and will gain
| inlneaSurably from his trials and tribu-
lations, even if he fails to reach the
goal of perfection.
Ii you slip on banana peel, and go
! SpraWling in the street, your unhurried
| attitude is broken up with q grand
smash, and not even the most ardent
| advocate of that blissful state can
honestly say otherwise. If YOU see 1olIr
bus rounding the corner, and feel it
! necessary to make hundred-yard dash
TO catch 1t. there Is nothing to do but
unllmber the old. muscles and do the
pest you can. Such emergencies will in
no way initiate against the validity of
the general proposition
x x x x
The one most necessary sten in
achieving early morning lack of hurry
is to get up in time to permit leisure
ly dressing and breakfast. Every person
must be law unto himself in these
regards. Some can throw on their
clothes IN minutes, others require an
hour. Some gobble breakfast in 10 min
utes. others like to talk or read the
paper with their meal.
Dark Winter mornings make for nat
ural hardness in arising. Perhaps many
think that because the sun doesn't seem
TO be up and doing, human beings may
we'll emulate his example. The sun.
however, is really at his task no mat
ter how many clouds happen to OBJ
scure his shining.
Early rising is the one essential step.
If 1t is necessary to go back farther. in
order to get up early, there is nothing
to do but see to it that one goes to bed
early enough to permit early getting up
out of 1t. Early to bed, and early to
rise" as Franklin said.
This Is easier said than done, it NAV
be admitted, but still it may be done
IN any case where one comes to be-
Heve in the need of such a program.
After all, most human beings more or
less do what they want to do. There
are many exceptions, but the rule holds
good in the majority of cases.
The second essential step is to allow
ones self plenty of time to get to the
office, whether it be by private car. bus
or street car. Instead of taking the last
possible vehicle which will get you to
work barely on time, take the one ahead
OF it. Thus by taking thought, one be-
comes the unhurried man, refreshing
to himself as well as to others.