THE CHEERFUL TRAVELLER
THE BRIGHT SIDE UPPERMOST
Dr. Johnson usd to say that a hahit of looking at the best side of every event is better than a thousand pounds a year. Bishop Hall quaintly remarks: “For every bad there might be a worse, and when a man breaks ids leg. let him be thankful that it was not his neck.” When Fenelon’s library was on lire, “(bid be. praised” he exclaimed, “that it was not the dwelling of some poor man !” 'J’his is the true, spirit of submission, one of the most beautiful traits that can possess the human heart.
He who can conceal his jo.vs, is greater than he who can hide his griefs.
Blessed are the peacemakers! Blessed are they that remove friction, that make lit courses of life smooth, and the intercourse of men. gentle. W. H. Beecher.
r I hut load becomes light which is cheerfully borne.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 July 1931, Page 1
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152THE CHEERFUL TRAVELLER Hokitika Guardian, 3 July 1931, Page 1
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