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Show AVOID UNNECESSARY ANXIETY. Hardly a week passes within which there is not the announcement of the sudden death of some prominent man which is attributed to business troubles, to depression and anxiety, or to over work. An all important practical lesson should be deduced from these numerous, sudden, and untimely deaths. They really result from unnecessary anxiety because it might be avoided by care beforehand. Much of the business trouble which racks and tortures so many men could easily be shunned by better matured plans of business. It arises from habitually rushing ahead without reflection where one is coming out. One day of thought and five of work is much better than six days of work; and one day of reflection beforehand would often save many long and dreary days of sorrow afterward. Think before you enter upon a new plan, of all the chances of mishap, and how to make success certain. No chances of profit compensate for the heavy load of care which many a prominent man carries and tries to conceal from other eyes. If you would live long, if you would enjoy anything of the sunshine and flowers of life, think beforehand and avoid as far as possible all sources of unnecessary anxiety. |