Show y Uncommon Sense 1 L By JOHN BLAKE I SHUTTING OUT THE WEATHER The bear doesn't worry about the cold As soon as the snow flakes begin to fly iy he finds a hole crawls Into it and when the door is shut by a aI snowdrift he is weather proof for forthe forthe forthe I the winter The first thing a pioneer r In a new and rough country turns his attention attention attention atten atten- tion to Is the building of a 11 house When he has a shelter that Is la weather proof and wild animal proof and and if if wild men are ab about about- ut enemy proof he can go about his business with his mind at ease He knows where to go when trouble trou- trou ble ble comes along Th The same is is true of the philosopher philosopher philosopher pher when the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and the other afflictions listed by Mr Shakespeare begin egin to annoy him He shuts himself Inside his mind and shuts out the storms of worry and care cafe To seek to hold aloof from all the sorrow and trouble of the world Is of ot course cours neither wise nor manly There are responsibilities which cannot be evad evaded d. d There are duties to others In trouble which must be met But at least 50 per cent of or the annoyances that disturb most people people peo peo- pIe can be shut out as as the bear shuts sluts out the storms storms' or winter Jealousies hatreds envies t the e lit littie little little lit lit- tle tie which lurk urk In varying varying vary vary- ing percentages in every human or organization or- or these these can be excluded by Dy the mind which knows how to control Itself Worry about the future when it goes beyond prudent foresight borrowing borrowing bor bor- rowing sowing trouble which ma may never come com anxiety bout about evils that cannot cannot can cannot not be averted averted all all can be forgotten by the brain that has as provided itself for mental food on which to subsist through any severe winter of ot discontent discontent discontent dis dis- content that may come John Bunyan found serenity and contentment In Jail but jail but only because because because be be- cause his mind was Intent on the creation of a a. great book Many Man another man cast away on ona ona a a. desert Island or confined to a A. narrow ship on a long vo VoYage age has hs been able ahle to find mo- mo abundant and congenial congenial congenial con con- genial employment with his own thoughts The person who fidgets when he heIs heIs heli Is li alone and Is never content unless something Is 19 being done to entertain him will get little Joy jop out of life The Inside of ot hIs hla mental house Is empty and Its walls are too flimsy to shut out the little storms that make up a a. large part art of life Ute COpyright 1923 by John Joh Blake J |