CROSSING BRIDGES

Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1928, Page 2

CROSSING BRIDGES

Quite a lot of people remind us. day in ami day out. that it is loolhsh to cross a bridge before we get to it. Perhaps it isIPs a nice comfortable leoling to know that there are lots of bridges that have got to he crossed bciore we shall reach the end of earthly things, pome ul those bridges may he rotten and very dangerous. On the other hand, they may lie as mightily strong as those Scotch bridges that General Wade built. But whether they ate good or had bridges it doesn't matter. Say these folk: ** We're not going to bother about them until we get there. IPs a waste of time and an unneces-

surv using up of line nervous energy. It is? There’s a vast difference in worrving about those unknown bridge - and getting ready tor them. A lender of an army would lie a had general, and unworthy of his job. il In' said to his intelligence ofii> or. Don t yo" bother about those bridges. We’ll wait until we can get to them. 'I hev can take care of themselves. No. The wise general knows all about those bridges, and In* s ready lor tile g, k! ones and the had ones. Possihh they will he blown up lie-1 eve he tin-re- and possibly not. He’s ready anybow. for all contingencies. Let’I) ■ ready for our bridges—the bridge-, that, life being what it. is. we shad probably lx* called upon to cross. There’s no need to build bridges of sorrow and gloom. That’s the worrying business. But do let s have, our solves in some measure of readiness ft is absolutely a fool game to avoid our responsibility by Hiding ourselve and glibly talking about not crossing hi iilges before we get to them. — LA in Auckland paper.