DON'T WORRY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1776, 15 January 1918, Page 4

DON'T WORRY.

“Take no anxious thought for the things of. the morrow, for the things of the morrow will take care of themselves. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”

“Why worry?” Things are not as bad as they might be. Things, through the determined effort of the individual, may be bettered. The man who applies himself to his task with a smile and the best heart of cheer that he can muster is the man who will find life more happy, more bright, more smiling. Worry destroys aspiration, paralyses inspiration and weakens ability to put forth honest endeavour. Worry never added a penny to a man’s income, never increased his usefulness, never opened closed doors of opportunity. Worry shuts out the sunlight, kills initiative, and turns confidence from the hearthstone of life. Worry, like all other things evil ih this world, grows by what it feeds upon. Worry is a monster of the imagination. It breaks down reason, easts out logic, and weakens determination. Worry is a dark cloud, a wet blanket, and a funeral pall. Worry is a dismal swamp in which originate noxious vapours that poison endeavour, stupefy application, and engulf noble purpose. Worry is a barren desert in which men lose their bearings and arc trapped in the continually circling paths of their own purposeless wanderings. The literature of worry reveals no splendid characters who have wrought and toiled for the elevation of mankind. The biography of worry writes no names on the temple of fame. The history of worry retells for future generations no achievements in any of the ar(s, sciences, or commercial. pursuits of life. When worry enters the life, despair seizes the soul and discouragement crouches at the door. Every man is born to trouble “as the sparks fly upward.” But worry never put out the fires that rage or the flames that destroy.