Show L Glory in Everyday Life I THE HE accounts about the return of the Byrd expedition party to civilization have been mighty interesting showing as they do the reactions of men long cut off from the round of everyday life The explorers were thrilled to get back to the world of homes rand tand and commerce They rediscovered the world of ordinary comforts and conveniences and made the most of it They found out once more that the mere business of sitting down to a hot meal of sleeping in a comfortable bed of walkin walking along a dirt path beneath green trees ot or mingling with crowds and hearing the noises of community life can be highly exciting almost ecstatic They had none of those things in the Antarctic Now No that they are returning to them they arc are rev reveling cling in iii them They are discovering that the ordinary grant for grant I ed cd events of daily living are arc genuinely thrill thrill- ing A polar continent after all is not a very useful thing It is surrounded by mystery pervaded with the menace of sudden death hemmed in by eternal loneliness and all of that thai but a few intrepid wanderers go down downto to it crawl across it and fly over it take photographs and jot down notes and that is all there ther is to it It doesn't butter any pars pars- nips It is only a byroad This other discovery however well however well it would almost be worth traveling to the bottom bottom bottoni bot bot- tom toni of the globe just to make it For most of us never quite get in iii on it We Ve plug plug- along from day to day doing the same old job an and going through the same old routine wondering wondering wonder wonder- ing lug now and then what it may all be about and we never realize until realize until it is too late late that we are arc livin living in the midst of marvels and wonders partaking of daily miracles treading on infinite mysteries Familiarity breeds if not contempt at least boredom We Vve dont don't see sec the glory of everyday lif life life because because we see sec it too often It is an old story We Ve e take it too loo much for granted In that way we cheat ourselves Ve We tell teU ourselves that life would be rich and deep if only we could share in great reat events perform great reat deeds rise to hi high h places and so W we r doom ourselves to disappointments For or great deeds great events and high bight places arc are not for most of us The daily round is all there is all there ever will be to the end cud of life If Ii we bank on the thc spectacular we shall inevitably be stung tung Once in iii a a. while thou though h we vc make the great discovery We Ve find that this daily round so hackneyed and familiar is is incredibly enough I It t contains richness and depth beyond our dreams It can satisfy us if jf we only open our eyes to it I |