Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-28 | Page 22 | Happiness and Success

Q 9 I Happiness and rand Success Success' 4 Ji J 1 i I A ASK SK SK tny father what his tl thief chief ef a ambitions f are and he will inevitably close his by by remarking and of c course urse I i want A to make sure sure that my kids have a a happy childhood This This' is the most natural emotion imaginable able A c child because of df f its dependence land and nd l li helplessness l t can be lonelier hn and nd unhappier than most people eople dream Every parent wants t to make the period of childhood as j joyous ous and fand carefree as possible f v But a disturbing thought is raised by a 1 r recent interview w in which Joseph t iner o tone e of the country's most gifted n vel- vel suggested that a t happy childhood may h t iea lead tead to a Successful l manhood jj t Remarking t that at he hims himself lf had taken t to literature because he had been unhappy and anti discontented Mr said amounts to anything if they've had a happy childhood and youth Happy p eople ople are so adjusted to life they j just st live Ve t. Ve have to seek something to convince ours ourselves our- our s s selves Ives that we amount to something Wea We Vie a have to surmount obstacles e otherwise ve we we l dont don't believe in ourselves Mr 1 has p put t his finger on on jone on one bf of the oldest conflicts in the world world the the S conflict conflict between mans man's desire to find fina h happiness happi- happi ness and his desire to amount to so something ething The fhe two do not often go tog together ther ordinarily springs from discontent whether vh ther we like to admit as much or not i It is not without significance that most of our bur r great leaders in politics industry industry- and j c commerce began life as as poor boys S Run lun over a list of the names of our great m men m Ford n-Ford Ford Hoover Edison Rockefeller for i 1st e. e Would any anyone one of them have haver r i aChed reached his present high position if sharp shap jitter bitter circumstances had hadnot not compelled him 1 t to go without his playtime as a b boy y and dig In i in to amount to something To TI be sure there are ex exceptions t to th the th Irule but Irule but they arent aren't very common For the theS theold S f. f old proverb p v erb after all aU is right genius is 1 I per percent perce ce cent inspiration and 99 per cent ent perspiration And the man man who is willing I to work his head l ad J to get what he wants wants' is usually the man who vho vas was compelled to d do that fr from m his nis early arly t It Unfortunately f for r our dreams of f sal saI al happiness it is discontent that makes the move forward This This has been een tr true e eJ the cave man miserable and hungry J l because he he was too slow footed d to catch gane invented a bow and arrow so that he he I could kill It from a distance and it always twill will be true down to the day when we shall have wiped Out poverty ended disease and learned how to travel to 10 Mars r Most of us of course cours will continue to try to give our children happiness and let them take their thir chances on accomplishment ut Awhile were we're doin doing it we might as well I mit that that some poor youngsters from an ant t 4 1 orphan asylum may outdistance them l in in the for or material success