Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1917 — PREPARE [ARTICLE]

PREPARE

By GEORGE M. ADAMS.

Success can never be without Prepc aration. Preparation means to get ready—to be able to carry out the more important tasks of life as they come along. Prepare today for the Obligations of tomorrow. You who learn to Control yourself and stand Calm in the midst of disappointments and failures, as well as in the midst of success and victory, are accumulating a reserve sure to hold strong and steady for the times of stress, confusion and chaos. Prepare for the emergencies to come. Prepare by courageously facing and solving every problem that comes to you dally. The big affairs of today call for the trained man —for the one who is Prepared. Consciously or unconsciously, you are Preparing for something. Seek and find out what that something is, and when you find it, concentrate in double Preparation upon it. No man knows what his Preparation today may mean to him tomorrow. But he is sure that if it is Conscientiously done to a purpose, in this Preparation, he is making the soundest possible investment for his future career. To Prepare today means to Know How tomorrow.