Evening star., 1938-04-26

you wrote an article on "happi-
ness" that has been sort Of guide
to my feet and has helped me q lot
I wonder if you will republish it, be-
cause I want to send it to a friend who
needs Just such philosophy badly.
MRS. H. p. S.
Answer-I can't resist the fattery
OF anybody wanting me to be re-
peater, so here are the 10 rules for
happiness that gave:
First. Make up your mind to be
happy. Happiness is largely mat
ter Of self-hypnotism. You can
think yourself happy or you can think
yourself miserable. It is up to you
which you do. Grab all the innocent
emusements that come your way.
Never miss an opportunity to have
harmless fun. Learn to find pleasure
in simple things. II you can't so to
the opera, you can turn on the radio.
Nail on your face the smile that won't
come OF, and after bit you will find
that it comes there naturally.
Second Make the best Of your lot.
OF course, you have not everything
you want and things are not Just
right. Nobody is that lucky. Even
the most fortunate have a lot of
crumpled rose leaves under their 40
mattresses Of ease. There isn't
single human being who hasn't plenty
to cry over, and the trick is to make
the laughs outweigh the tears.
THIRD. Don't take yourself too
seriously. Don't think that every
thing that happens to you is of world
shaking importance and that some
how you should have been protected
against the mHfortunes that befall
other people When death robs you
of one you love, or you lose your job,
don't demand to know of high heaven
why this should have happened to
you and grow rebellious and morbid
over your sorrow. We are never happy
until We learn what funny little things
We are and learn to laugh at our
selves.
Fourth. Don't take other people too
seriously. They are not so much, any,
way. Don't let their criticisms worry
you. You can't please everybody, SO
please yourself. Don't let your neigh
bors set your standards for you. Don't
run into debt trying to keep up with
the Joneses, or bore yourself to death
trying to be as intellectual as the
Highbrows. Be yourself and do the
things you enjoy doing If you want
to be comfortable and happy.
Fifth. Don't borrow trouble. You
have to pay compound interest on that
and 1t will bankrupt you In the end.
It is . queer thing but imaginary
troubles are harder to bear than actual
ones. There are none Of US who have
not lain awake ut night petrified with
dread Of some calamity that we feared
| might befall us and that we felt would
shatter our lives II it should occur.
Generally it never happened, but, II it
did. it was not 30 bad after all and we
survived it without serious injury.
Enjoy today and let tomorrow take
care Of itself. There Is no sounder
adage than that which bids US not to
trouble trouble till trouble troubles
us. The only good that worrying
ever did any one was to make him
thin. It is grand for the figure, but
hard on the disposition.
| CIXTH. Don't cherish enmities and
grudges. Don't keep up old quar-
rels. Don't remember all the mean
things people have done to you. For
get them. Hate j. - deadly chemical
that we distill in our own hearts that
poisons our own souls. It takes all the
| Joy out Of life and hurts US far worse
than it does any one else. There is
nothing 30 depressing as having a
grudge against some one. Nothing
makes . home 70 miserable as for the
family not 10 be on good terms. Meet
Ing some one you dsnt peak to will