DON'T FUSS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 4, 28 January 1925, Page 61

DON'T FUSS.

“The curse of modern town-life is fussi- . -V ness,” says the Daily Express. “The country i v i*"ftiakes people restful, town, makes them rest- '- Town to-day is ever encroaching on : ' country, and fussy people more and more outnumber the restful. It would not matter

if fussiness increased efficiency. The opposite is the fact. The more people fuss the more they waste energy. Things are not brought to pass more quickly by fussing for them. On the contrary, it is the quiet insistent demand that is effective. A telephone exchange is no poor example of this. The subscriber who loses his temper, yells, and bangs down the receiver gets the worst attention. And it is the same in big affairs of life. Look at health as another example. The over-worked, •hurried town-dweller fusses over every little ailment. His nervous system makes it impossible for him to do otherwise. Consequently he increases his own bad health, and looks with envy on the ruddy, slow-witted, healthy rustic. Not to fuss is the crying need of civilised man in towns. It is a state only to be reached by the exercise of will. There are a favored few whom nothing can ruffle. Not slow of wit, they are yet imperturbable of temper. These are the exceptions. The rest of us have to learn to curb fussiness.”