Evening star., 1947-11-03

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Br J0sebhine Lozcnan

Few persons recognize the tre-
mendous effect which fatigue has
on their lives. This is not a petty
matter. but one of the greatest i'm
portance. Success in individual hap
piness, a career or marriage, re-
quires great Zest and enthusiasm
which the average individual does
not have unless he has a high vital
ity level. A few brilliant souls have
been able to live by the intensity of
burning ideas and ideals which
seemed to transport them past any
physical considerations, but this is
not the general rule.
Intensive studies of great men of
the past have indicated that they
had one thing in common. namely
a superlative and abundant energy.
Excess energy leads to great ac-
tivity. enthusiasm, courage, con-
structive living and to graciouSness
and humor. When vitality is at
low ebb we are apt to be fearful,
irritable, ufconstructive and dour.
Like an i'll or wounded animal we
tend to crawl away into a dark
corner to lick our wounds or to die
alone.
Many of the worlds great have
been born with this gift of energy,
while others have understood the
Importance of vitality and have
carefully boarded the small stock
they had Herbert Spencer worked
but a few hours a day and spent the
rest Of his day building up energy
because he found that he could not
do creative thinking without this
extra push from extra energy. Dar-
win was quite frail and gave intel
ligent thought to avoiding leaks in
energy.
So much for the worlds great!
What about the average man and
woman-you and me? I think one
Of the saddest things about the av-
erage person is the fact that he
allows his life to become dull, to
sink into ruts Of boredom and mega
tive living because of strain, pres
sure, lowered energy and lack of
imagination
The answer seems to be a combi-
nation Of hygienic living, mental
and emotional discipline which are
really a part of hygienic living. Most
people have to live a long time in
order to realize that petty disturb
ances and hecticness, small failures
and disappointments, little rebuffs
and injustices from others really
are not important. They must live
a long time before they understand
the potentialities of beauty about
them, before they cut out leaks in
energy by placing values in their
correct position, before they under
stand that Just to be alive is Won
Iderful bonus! Some people never
know this.
These people constantly spend the
precious energy they were born with
in small and petty ways. They have
the whole world with which to Gre
ate beauty but they put the damper
on their lives and the lives of those
about them by fretting over non
essentials.
Energy and lack of fatigue are
big helps in achieving a happy ex-
istence Guard them with optimum
healthy diets, enough sleep and re-
Taxation and exercise, with laughter
and gratitude, with the habit of
sloughing off irritating small hap
penstances and with an acute
awareness of the privilege of just
being alive. Cut out the tremen-
dous leaks in energy which may
come from unhealthy physical hab-
its or bad emotional and mental
outlooks.
If you wish to have my leaflet
No. 56, Pep" send a stamped, self
addressed envelope with your re-
guest to Josephine Lowman, In care
of The Evening Star