Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1912 — JEALOUSY TO BE OVERCOME [ARTICLE]

JEALOUSY TO BE OVERCOME

Unpleasant Temperament That Is Certain in the End to Destroy Friendship and Love. Jealousy spoils pleasures and destroys friendships, therefore it is most necessary to overcome a jealous temperament. One frequently hears how to overcome sensitiveness, but how to fight against jealousy is seldom told us. It can manifest itself in numerous ugly ways and it is not an easy thing to fight Who has not felt its painful prodding? But one must remember that neither friendship nor love can stand jealousy’s eternal friction, so the sooner one eliminates it from one’s character the more certain one is of keeping both love and friendship. • Take what is yours and do not worry over what is given some one else. If there is to be any comfort in social life or in the life of those who must work, every twinge of jealousy must be crushed out. The personal element must be done away with at all times and we must all learn to make ourselves as efficient as possible in our various walks in life. To live for and think of others is always a help; and added to this we must forget ourselves except in our efforts to improve our minds and our. lives.