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Show I TIMELY TOPICS OUA TASK Obstacles In the way of Ufa appear to ba grinning monsters that would mock tha efforts of persona seeking to overcome them. But when obstacles are eurmounted and thera la a triumph over hindrances we ara led to tha conclusion that thera could be no triumph without difficulty. Many of the obetaclra that mankind Is called upon to overcome seem cruel. No reaaon can explain why a parson ahould have te contend with bllndneea. Tet It la a condition which soma must face. And If any person had such a right as the right to complain. It would ba ane afflicted with bllndneea But tn a Chicago high school la a blind boy, II. about to ba graduated with highest honors. He hae lad hla elaea for four years with an average of 7 par cant grade -tn hla etudiea. That la tha hlgheat credit ever accorded a graduate In that school. "If any credit Is due. my slstsr should get It." tha boy commented. Hs explained that hie slater was hla "eye.- at night. Thera Is a triumph over difficulties that might put ta shame many who complain about trouble. I No maglo ran banlah the problema each of us has to solve. Neither Is any maglo necessary to faea whatever what-ever conditions arise. What can accomplish wonders la effort, tireless effort that goes out to meat what tha day brings. That aeema to ba what wa are hers for. ,If complaint could accomplish anything worth while there might ba aoma virtue tn bemoaning bemoan-ing hard lurk. But there haa not been found a way to triumph except by doing what our hands find to da with all our heart, mind and strength. - And that la victory. Omaha World-Herald. how to air BVIN Tn spits of ths truth, that "there ara fewer satisfactions satis-factions In llfs of mors doubtful value than the aatlsfactlon of getting even with an enemy. It a a promlee wa make to ourselves time and tlma again: Children ara aapeclally vengeful In promlalng to square aeeounta and many people never grow up beyond thla childish love of chsrlshlng Tevenge. Thera la nothing to ba compared with tha taste-lesanees taste-lesanees of getting even unleea It Is the joy that cornea with the forgiving and forgetting of an Injury. Hata and rlndlctlveneaa ara toxic adds that burn In the brain. The longer ws dwell en tha thought of revenge, tha greater reaction of thla poison. Malic breaks down common sense, distorts vision, upsets sound Judgment and marks tha face Indelibly with tha aplrlt of 111-wllL "Lore your, enemy and do him good" la' not only a supreme commandment of religion. It la a psychological law of soundest proportions. The best way to get even, aa enmeono haa said, la to forget It. Uttca Observer Dispatch. |