THE WAY TO CONTENTMENT.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19887, 16 May 1936, Page 15 (Supplement)

THE WAY TO CONTENTMENT.

YYTE are told that Arabia has a conundrum which runs ” as follows, “Who is richer, the man with a million dollars, or the one with seven daughters?” The answer is, ••The man with seven daughters; for lie lias enough and he knows it.” The humorous side of this cannot hide ihe truth which lies in it. The man who has money as a rule always wants more, even if he is already burdened with the care of what he has. But the contented man, while he may accumulate wealth, is not setting his heart upon it, and if misfortune comes his way and wealth takes wings and leaves him with a bare subsistence, yet, he is no whit disconcerted, for he knows that lie has still enough, lie siinplesl 'fare! and vet he will neither grumble nor feel that ho is undergoing hardship, for he is able to enjoy what lie lias and equally able to do without what he cannot get. Multiplying our possessions does not necessarily eilher Increase our happiness or lengthen our days. T’Jie happiest, man is Ihe one who has learned to do without, many things, and yet to rejoice in what he retains. A few friends our health, a. comfortable shelter, are not very expensive to maintain, and Ihe cheerful soul can find sunbeams in cucumbers. man may |, c progressive that greases helped, not, hindered, by a contented* mind. And a world of wholly unnecessary and hurtful worry will he avoided when once the man learns how to he content with what he has.