Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-24 | Page 14 | We, the Women

We the Wo Women en Miss Coleman Tells of Her Recovery I II I Editors Editor's note A life and career caree built around a a. alove love of af sports sue sud- sud sudi i denly blasted when crippling paralysis paralysis para pam lysis struck her sturdy body was wa the experience of Georgia Coleman Colema former Olympic diving champion Miss Coleman Is one of severa several noted American women who wi will contribute to the popular We th the Women column in The Telegram during the Illness of Ruth Millett By GEORGIA COLEMAN Well I give up Whenever I happen to be with within earshot of that remark I am given give to wondering just how much whole truth is in it and it-and and whether there ther isn't a last drop of spirit in all o ous of ofus ofus us that refuses to be vanquished n no matter how great the odds I have found through my own troublesome times Umes and through bitter experiences of my fri friends friend that no one ever completely gives give up In fact it is astonishing how close one may come to annihilation annihilation annihilation tion of soul and body body to to blank blan and bottomless despair despair and and sti still sUII hang on to life and hope The thing that bolstered me when I C hit the stumbling block of i lii health and gave me courage to g go goon goon on jn when I doubted my own gumption gumption gump tion is the same thing that I advance advance advance ad ad- vance to you now as a cure cure-a cure all for mental and bodily Ills JUs inner resourcefulness I II I found out then that nothing succeeds quite so well as this inner inne perception in lifting you out of th the quicksand It reveals that there ther are untapped sources within all o ous of ofus ofus us that we may go through a lifetime lifetime life life- time ime ignoring if we arent aren't brought brough to o task by some major upset upsel Even then these deep unknown wells may go if we just jus give up and say th the use If T n th the e d An desire i to u. u I j 1 i t I I If T n th the e d An desire i to u. u es re keep going am and the he belief that the world is worth another try are hard in coming you have have to seek them out for yourself When youve you've come smack up against a atone stone wall dig down nto into the mechanism of your mind Youre You're bound to bring some latent laten thought bought or half-forgotten half desire to the he surface that is worth salvaging Then Then develop develop it Make something of those long- long buried ambitions write paint sing ing sing keep your mind busy your spirit active If It you just cant can't get interested in anything again read and and when you hit upon something that hat interests you finally study it A laggard interest in children animals designing photography may develop into a stimulating hobby hobby hoby hob- hob by y or profession find that something something some- some thing hing and then hang on for dear life ife In my case the study of electrolysis electrolysis electrolysis ysis happened to fascinate me because because because be be- cause of its unusualness and scope of possibilities as a new for or me If you can find such an ar uncombed field or profession so sc much the better there better there is nothing stronger than the spirit of the pioneer pioneer pio pio- neer fleer However you can remember that hat once youve you've pricked your interest inter inter- est st into consciousness you have automatically taken one large step steg away from the trouble that was wa besetting be be- setting etting you I A