THE CHANGE CURE

Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1925, Page 4

THE CHANGE CURE

(T. C. Bridges in “Daily Mail,’’) Did it i'Vi r occur in you Imw very shell ;t time it D. coin pa ra ti i cly ■■-peaking, since man srtilel down to live in houses;-' At most it it only a mailer ot forty or titty centuries, while before that, 1.. r tens of thousands ol year-., our ancestors were nomad-. roaming over the lace of titearth iu-d as a fancy or tinquest for food directed. Without doubt the desire for change which is so deeply implanted in all of us is an instinct inherited from these ancestors. As Dr l.ouis Robinson has said, siteh habits prevailing through so liny; a period must have left ;t lasting impression on every cell and til-re (,!' our frames. There tire people who live out their lives in one village, even in out house, but these fossilise. Kvoit if they do not suffer physically they deteriorate mentally. For all of its who have work to do in the world change is an

absolute necessity. So true is thi-il-nt. even when the change is from one had climate to another, the results are usually beneficial. Change, as most of u- think of it, implies change of place, which includes change of air. of drinking water and of food. This is the sort of change widt h the doctor usually recommends; this is the reason why those who live inland go to the sea for a holiday and those who live on the coast visit the mountains or moots. Hut while a change of this sort usually improves both health and spirits, this does not always happen, and there are many eases in which even a complete change of air or a long sea voyage proves miot disappointing.

Worst of all. from this point of view, is the complete rest cure which doctors arc so fond of prescribing. It is. of course, true that there are cases of nervous breakdown where bed is the only possible remedy, but

ill nine cases nut of ten the real cure for siteh a state is not stagnation hut change of employment. Tala- the head of the big business. To the i.ut.'idcr Ids work scents I remendoiisiy. eir-lt terribly, responsible, so that il is no wonder that lie breaks down. Vet tlie odds are that In- is not sulfering from responsibility, but merely front monotony. A job that a mail has been doing for years, mni doing well, does not suddenly become overwork. Tim reel cure for such .i case would he to induce me sttllerer to start another business of another sort and manage it himself.

The great thing in life is to keep tin- change cure always at work. If volt have to do the same work every day that is no reason why you should wear the same clothes every day or eat the same soil of food at each meal, or play the same games at liesame hours in each week.