Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1919 — Habit of Cheerfulness Is Not to Be Acquired Without Some Thought. [ARTICLE]

Habit of Cheerfulness Is Not to Be Acquired Without Some Thought.

Like other thingsr worth having, writes an authority, the habit of cheerfulness is not to be acquired without thought. And if you do think about the matter at all you will quickly begin to realize that depression and worry have their root in the fact that your life —your time, that is, the days and hours —are not really in your own control. You have no" program. Duties and demands crowd upon you without order or sequence. If you" took them one by one they would not seem f orm idable. But you allow their very . numbFF~“to disturb you. So many thing* To aftend to give you the sense Of hurry. And hurry is one of the most frequent causes of worry. Practice deliberation. Begin the day with a program covering the 15 or 16 hours of waking. If they are not to be golden hours they are, at least, yours to spend. Do not be rushed. Keep control of your time. Your time is your life, and, in a very real sense, yourself. It will not be easy to become the mistress of your own time, but it is worth practicing hard to do so. It is fundamental.. When once you have obtained control of your own time you will find you have largely obtained control over your own mind, whose possession all sorts of worries led by the Spirit of Fear their progenitor, had hitherto disputed with you. ' PT-