Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-25
SUCCESS IS WITHIN YOU
| They Give So Little
/ And Receive as Much

This is the fourth Of "A articles In which
Howord Whitmon offers provocative
thoughts on the real incoming Of sue
cess in our generation.
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success begins internally; its very
first symptom is glow of inner
satisfaction. 1t produces, or is
produced from, the deepest feel
ing Of personal adequacy and
worthwhileness. 1t is huilt upon
rock, not sand.
Turns to Misery
Another group of people who
give success a bad name are the
ones who can't just relax and
enjoy it. They work, struggle,
sweat their lives away ostensibly
in pursuit of the prize of success.
but when it is safely enmeshed
III their eager little hands, they
seem to want to drop it like a
hot potato. Success quickly
Turns to misery for them; it
sours. pals, grows rancid, and
putrifies.
This is a strange twist. It is
understandable only when we
upon some of the quixotic
inner workings of the creature
We call man.
We assume on the surface that
the very first thing a man would
DO would be to act in his own
best interest. And yet the
coucheS of the psychoanalysts are
full OF men. and women too, who
have yet to learn this basic
craft. They relieve themselves of
of words and many dol
lars in the hope of finding out
why they don't, won't, or can't
do what is palpably good for
them.
You have heard the phrase.
He is his own worst enemy"
This spells out in plain talk what
the psychiatrists say in poly
syllable words: masochistic, am
blvalent, compulsive obsessive,
obsesSive-compulsive. or just
plain neurotic.
Just Too Good
A dispatch from Florence.
Italy, recently told of a man who
feared that there was something
dreadfully wrong with him and
went to a hospital for X-ray
examinations. He waited fear
fully until the pictures were de-
veloped and studied, and then
with furrowed brow and tight
clasped hands waited for the
physician in charge to give him
the verdict. Beamingly the physi-
clan announced, Il have good
news for you. The X-rays show
that there is nothing wrong at
all"
Hearing the good news, the
patient--as the dispatch sue
cinctly put it-"fainted and died
of a heart attack"
Some news is Just too good
for some people to take. SINH
larry good fortune seems lust
too good for some people to
take. They don't feel they de-
serve it, or some strange inner
enemy seems to wrest from them
any semblance of enjoyment of
good things which come their
way.
This is true also Of success;
some people just can't take it.
Like the man and his X-ray ex-
animation. what they really
want to do is drop dead when
they finally reach. the pinnacle
OF all they have shaved for and
hoped for.
Thrive on Misery
Haven't you known people
who. though they outwardly
seek happiness, seem inwardly
to thrive more on misery? The
divorce courts are full of couples
who knew greater happiness
when they had nothing and pro-
coed to taste misery once they
have accomplished some ma
terial success in life.
Among celebrities who have a
penchant for breaking UP their
marriages once fame has come
their way. a typical plant in the
divorce courts is, I'VE seemed to
be happier when We didn't know
where our next meal was COM
ing from and we had TO scrimp
and save to make ends meet
than we are now when We have
everything"
In the world Of business many
a tycoon has known the bitter
taste Of success gone rancid
From the top Offices in the high
towers, II one listens closely, he
may often hear, Il don't know
how 10 explain 1t. but think
was happier when / was a no.
BODY working my way up T"
II isn't that success has gone
70 such q mans head-it is that
success has tailed to 90 70 his
heart
Death Instinct"
The HIN inks Of self-defeaf
were sifen a clear ard expressive
lsoel oS ID s!smJnd Freud o.
serving the peryeFse quality in