Show Nimbleness of Mind BlI Bi Dr Frank Fran k Crai Crone 1 One of the tile powers powel's every one ought to cultivate m is nimbleness of mind that is the ability to turn I from one thing to another I r recall once sitting sit sit- C tin ting in in-i a it great lawyers law- law v er s office offic conversing convers converso t S m ing mg with i him Some Someone one Ill I entered upon tipon an anC anin C in urgent gent matter Thi The Th i lasted fully ten tell minutes Vv When hen the v visitor had hafi hafif f gone oneo the lawyer lawver t tuned tinned 1 1 to me roe and be began begar bera be- be ra gar gan It his talk lalk precIse precIse- i i 1 I-i where he had loft left off Ills mind came camei i back instantly anti and ti smoothly 1 with its s- s full till force of attention atten atten- tion i with the preci- preci C Jion of a well oiled d to the nubi sub nub i JOel t he Ire had left I have I teen this s a m nr e p remarkable fa faculty Hit In the managIng managing man roan aging il edit-il of a certain new newspaper paper who seamed se-nied se nt to equal Julius Caesar in his tabled fabled abIlity to dictate several letters at ata a tin Similar stories arc are told of Napoleon Na Na- n There 1 e are chess e experts who can se r gu carry on n a dozen z Sallies games s simultaneously I a But t this hi is not a gift girt possessed b by rare geniuses It is a l' l skill kill that an any one once can cultivate It does doell not Imply strength of mind but readiness agility of mind To acquire this accomplishment one must first realize the pleasure that comes Iron from rom self To master ones one's e eo- eo o- o lions is a a. finer jo joy than to be mastered by them To coerce our attention Ismore is ismore ismore more pleasing than simply Imply to follow where we are ar most interested The ver very highest satisfaction of ot the normal mind is that of being in absolute command of itself William WUlIm James said everybody ought to do two or three things s daily dally that he does not want to do to exercise his will The most unshakably contented person person per per- son lion is the one wh whO has learned to do io as ashe ashe ashe he chooses by his Intelligence and not as he is pushed by his desires With this end in mind when hen there isa Is Isa Isa a letter to write writt write it now when there is an unpleasant call can to make make It no now when there Is a disagreeable disagreeable disagree disagree- able item of business to attend to at attend attend at at- tend to It now how Do it now flOW as 55 the motto says on the wall Teach your our desires to know knew their place a e They icy e are r servants They n are to todo todo do as tJ they are r ordered rd end and to ebon ebo bo be quick I about it A brain that Is rut rUI rup by it its dc de dc- dc I sires Is as pitiable l-ble l and disordered ered a spectacle spectacle spec spec- tac as a house that is run by Insolent servants And believe bellev It once you have tasted lasted mat mastery IY of soil self it Is sweet Just for practice lay down your our novel at the most Interesting moment Stop top just as Lord 1 is about to declare de- de dare clare his his- passion or wh when n the villain has drawn his knife and is on the verge vIge of carving the hero and and- go go into tho the thoth kitchen and id s see whether lether the time butcher butchar cher bu sent th the ge lamb iamb chops hO Keep a tough knott Knotty book bool something something some some- thing tiring of Bergsen or or oi on hand and accustom yourself r I to dipping Into a page and try try- ry r tog ing to understand ge what g its it's all about When your our child interrupts you OU while you are busy learn the knack of ceasing cea the thing ll that ti at absorbs is sor s you 0 attending sweetly to the demands of the little one onie and going back hack again to your affairs Just to loam learn this tills suppleness of ot mind how to pass promptly from one interest to another would save your nerves nerv's how much The Th fog and arid friction of our days would disappear Life would be more moro like a a. fascinating game and less like ilko an Irritating task Anti And we can do it it It is accomplished by y first realizing what you want ant to at attain attain at- at tain tairi and second by practice patient dally daily continuous practice And its It'll worth lyon it |