DR. FRANK CRANE’S DAILY EDITORIAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 242, 3 January 1928, Page 5

DR. FRANK CRANE’S DAILY EDITORIAL

THANKSGIVING (Copyright, 1927.) THERE is one question more important to you than what has happened to "*■ you or what will happen to you, or what are the facts. These questions are very important, but there is one more so. That is the question, which way do you face? It is more necessary to have the right point of view than to meet the right sort of things. I once had a discussion with a confirmed pessimist who claimed that my optimism was not founded on facts. He said that all optimists ignore the facts and try to Juggle themselves into an artificial serenity. My reply was that you cannot alter the facts. They are Inevitable. They are like the wind which blows from the east or west, and you cannot control it. There is no discussion between the pessimist and the optimist as to the facts. The discussion is, how we are to approach the facts and what attitude we are to take toward them. All life depends upon your attitude. If you deliberately face the east you are facing the sunrise and hope. If you always face the west you are facing the sunset and despair. The main thing is to keep a brave heart and an uplifted chin. Whatever happens to you look at it a 3 for the best and go on to the next thing. Do not spend your time in bemoaning the past. The present is always tolerable. You can stand anything for five minutes. Why crucify the present between the thieves Yesterday and To-morrow? Why becloud the day’s doings with remorse for what happened the other day or dread as to what is going to happen to-morrow. Most dread is useless, anyway. A wise man said that he had seen a great deal of trouble In the world, but most of it never happened. If you are deliberately facing the east, if your outlook is cheerful and optimistic, you are so much the better prepared for what is to come. You gain nothing by brooding over it and crossing your bridges before you come to them. The little story of Pollyanna contains a great measure. Abraham Lincoln said that he had noticed that most people were about as happy as they made up their minds to be. ic Wvk iii * y iii * -v * tfe ** w;