A DAILY MESSAGE

Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1929, Page 1

A DAILY MESSAGE

y - ] YOU HAVE AN INFLUENCE. JfAVK you over felt Hit* mighty influence of nil honest man—of a man in his integrity? Jt is irresistible. Hut then, every man lias an influence, a mysteriously powerful thing, which moves with him, goes out from him. and is working ifor good or ili through all his waking hours. Sir, you have an influence; it was ltdt in the tram as you came into town tin’s morning. It was felt by the man sittifig lieside you at, your desk to-day. Your mate is a better man to-uighi —or a worse one—because of your influence tb-dav. lour influence pervades your atmosphere; it breathes through the air; it makes men better or worse; it influences them in the most powerfully subtle way. You did not address the lift-man as lie took you up to the right floor this morning, but lie felt your serenity, or be caught the shadow ol" your gloom. You influenced him. The men you meet may not hem what you say:, but they cannot escape feeling what you are. Your influence speaks when you are silent, and it speaks to a big audience —a sensitive audience—a responsive audience. You should be careful ol your influence. He you man or woman, capitalist or labourer, good or bad, old or young, you are influential. What kind of influence you are idetormined by what you are, not bv what you pretend to be. Be careful of your influence! —M. PRESTON STANLEY.