RANDOM THOUGHTS.

Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 12, 17 June 1893, Page 2

RANDOM THOUGHTS.

Recounting our annoyances and troubles only augments them—perplexities grow no less by brooding over them. * A The oppressive heat of midsummer or the biting cold of winter is far more endurable if we devote our minds to pleasant and comfortable subjects, than if continually talking of the prevailing humidity or the state of the thermometer. * # It is one of the sound principles of “mental science ” that our burdens grow heavy

if frequently weighed, and that if we “ only think” they are light, they arc more easily carried. .» *. • * It greatly conduces to-the enjoyment of life to make it a rule and a habit to keep pleasant and cheerful matters on the surface—for ourselves and others—=-aiid to bury and forget, as far as possible, the troublesome ones. 1 * ■* ' * All lives have more or less of shaddow ; but as in nature, so the clouds make the sunshine all the brighter from comparison. * * * Those who allow themselves to give way to mental ferment and worry should not look for health or comfort, for both wait on peace of mind. Nor should they hope for a pleasing face, called “ever young,” for wrinkles arc sure to follow close upon the fretting, and the features look old before their time. * * ■ * Tact is a most desirable characteristic. I believe it is a “ talent ” inborn, not easily acquired. To be able, with aptness, “ when with Romans to do as the Romans do,” is indeed a gift that helps along immensely in this world. * # Our minor duties arc worth doing wcllj those thousand and one smaller matters which, if attended to, attract no notice whatever, but if neglected make a wonderful difference in. the beauty, the pleasures, and the comforts of the home. James Freeman Clark says : “ The smallest thing, well done, becomes artistic.”