Evening star., 1933-05-01

Keenly aware Of his difference from
the so-called average citizen, in tbs re-
spect, he took no hurt from the mild
contempt which sometimes enfolded
him.
He believed he had the best Of the
mental battle there embodied; even
beautiful things cause conflicts IN re-
gard to values. He who holds to one
Value will seem to another to be cast
ing disrespect upon the values he
sights.
This Is natural, but too many per-
sons permit the contempt involved to
become intensely personal. Thus a gen.
tleman with q pair Of big tropical
fishes which he no longer cares for calls
up another fancier, and asks him II he
will accept them as a present. 'Whsp
the second says he believes he does not
want them, the first is slightly offended,
simply because another human being
by exercising a choice Of values, has
seemed to cast slight reflection upon
anOther's choice. Human beings are
peculiar.
Jones had made the first thrush big
news" for himself.
He had built up value there which
OLLcIS IldO IlOJ Uullt uH-lIOW COulQ
they expect to find It?
Jones found 1t, because he had been
listening for it for several weeks.
Those who construct values for them
selves. instead of always permitting
others to tell them what is valuable, and
what Is not, are in a much better pCsi-
ton, as far as happiness is concerned.
What II Others at times, perhaps in
envy, tend to brand such happy per-
sons as slightly "balmy":; one Of the
commonest mistakes Is that q simple
branding of another human being
either in words or thoughts, makes him
50.
Many human beings are so deSirous
Of being right" that they lose sight Of
all perspective.
Is 1t not amazing how every ons
thinks himself right all the time?
Wholesome cyniciSm comes in here.
Being right or being wrong-what is 1t,
in the majority OF cases, except a mere
statement Of what one thinks?
Perhaps there IS no possibility Of ar
irving al definite. standard right"
in this wcrld. Maybe it Is all in the
way one happens to look at things.
One reaches q peak of individual
k,
for his own likes, and, second, for the
likes OF Others. 1t Is the second part
CT this program which sees the most
failure. Almost any one can follow the
first part Of it.
i
Many persons are wrong in their
opinions because the subjects about
which they have opinions are far too
big for them.
You Sc. men everywhere exuding men-
tai sweat, struggling with ideas which
are far beyond them.
1t is praiseworthy. no doubt, to at
tempt. but it is common sense to refuse
to work too hard. In such things, when
ones brain whispers that one does not
understand. and never will understand.
One OF the real, but little regarded.
secret reasons for the failure OF hui
manity 1t this hour is that the leaders,
overpowered BY the complexity OF civ
ilization, are struggling with questions
too large FOR them.
Happy is the man. such as Templeton
Jones-at least till the deluge-who
realizes that the happiness Of listening
to the thrush is something tangible and
as worth while as any.
Il don't believe any OF EN- know what
they are talking about" said Jones, re-
ferring vaguely to certain great mat
terS But l do know something about
this thrush. know that I heard it ior
the first time this year at exactly ~
minutes after o'clock on the last Fri
day morning in the month of April"