Show SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT by F A WALKER MENTAL RUTS TV A lower general condition pre valls than usual in the person or in the community in which he lives the probabilities are that this state of things Is due to the loose mode of thinking rather than to the affected manner of expression by words we convey our thoughts to one another if our impressions and mustangs are made ot flimsy stuff words soon become commonplace lose their charm and inspirational influence yea and nay may suffice tor answers until conversation lags or dies of its own inertia men and women who are latent in work taking but a passive part in the worlds activities doing what they are obliged to do by rote rather than by thought will be found if but indifferently ferent ly examined to be wedged in mental ruts from which they lack energy to wrench themselves but whether they concern themselves over their plight or not the habit grows upon them with advance ing years and buries them in its rut such persons become old before their time fit subjects to be wrapped up in their own seedy material and stored away upon dusty shelves if you would be alert have tie sparkle and the spirit of youth at sixty or you must lock arms with juvenility become a part of it and turn merrily aside from the ruts that obstruct your passage the great things that are being done today in art literature science and in the inventive fields emanate from minds that are ever young and active they refuse to stick in ruts or to become sluggish or supine such minds are in perpetual flower keen intense trenchant and brisk as quicksilver to these brilliant intellects the world Is indebted for the wonderful radio concerts at the swing of their wand music leaps through vast spaces of ether and gives unalloyed enjoyment to peoples in their homes hundreds of miles away from the voices of the singers and the stirring strains of the bands keeping youthful by avoiding men tal ruts Is after all Is said and done but holding to the faith that over turns mountains and topples them into anc sea by mcclure |