The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-01-04
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or enterprise" The
other is: Success in respect to any
thing good or desirable" OF the two,
like the second better.
have known many men who were
said to be prosperous. They had abun-
dance of money, good health, and new
er failed of friends to swarm around
them and fatten on their bounty.
But Tin respect to anything good or
desirable" with all their money, they
were bankrupts.
1t seems to me that man with
clear conscience enough money to live
on, and with friends who are his
friends because they like him, and
not because Of what he can do for
them, is the truly prosperous man.
In recent times great many people
who believed they were prosperous
have fallen on what they called evil
days.
Their money has dwindled, their
health has been impaired by worry
over their changed estate, and they
feel that they are ruined men.
Naturally, the kind of friends that
they have acquired in the days of good
fortune, have not remained their
friends.
Rats are no keener to leave a sinking
ship than are human parasites to leave
people who can no longer entertain
them or get them good jobs, or come
around to borrow few hundred dol
lars when the wolf is hard on their
heels.
Lucky is the man who has no friends
of that sort, but whose friends are of
the kind who do not base their affec
ton on favors to come, but upon a gen.
uine liking.
Among my acquaintance is a man
who three years ago lived in vast
house. owned three or four cars, went
to Europe every year, and belonged to
half dozen golf clubs.
A turn in affairs swept all these
away.
Not long ago l visited him in small
house which he had rented. His wife
and his children were with him. There
was enough in the house to provide
them with food. But all the old CLAM
orous days were, gone. Yet he was
serene and smiling.
houo Ioornod nroof daol no
said. II know now who are my friends,
and who were merely parasites.
Il expect soon to haze job Which will
support me. My wife and children are
here. What more could l ,Uant?"
He really meant what he said. He
is still under fifty, and with his brains
and energy may make another fortune.
In the meantime he is not worried.
And if you would suggest to him that
the old prosperous days will come back
he would smile and say: "They never
left me-"
have known a good many men who
have had to quit their jobs now and
then because they
Work were overworked.
Rarely Fatal In many cases
these men were
overworried, but not overworked.
If you have and keep your health,
you can do a great deal more work
than you think you are capable of.
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about it. it is time you changed to
something else
Either your health needs attending
to, or you have undertaken some kind
of job for which you are not fitted.
Work is rarely fatal.
You can do more of it, If you really
try, than you imagine you can.
When I was actively engaged in the
newspaper business knew many men
who worked sometimes eleven or twelve
hours at a stretch when they had i'm
portant tasks.
meet many of them now and then.
Most of them are still at their desks
and working long hours.
Others have gone farther up the lad
der, and have more time to themselves,
but they are all of them capable Of
turning out a surprising amount of
production.
When you think that your Job is
slowly killing you, you had better go
to doctor, who will look you over and
find out that it is something else that
is at the root of the trouble-ill health
quite possibly taking little more
stimulant than you need to keep the
machine going.
Fat enough, but not too much.
Drink alcoholic liquors sparingly,
and never drink while you are working.
Get out of the shop when your job
is done and keep out till the next day.
Cultivate the acquaintance OF cheerful
and kindly people, ioho do not get excited
and peepish iOhen they haUe an occasion
to pack fioo-day job into one day and
get aioay ,0ifh il.
Every now and then let a doctor
have look at you-even If you do not
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