| Show SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT by F A WALKER BELIEVE IN YOURSELF individual who lacks belief in THE himself who approaches his dally duties timidly tearing that be Is des lined to blunder and thus make a fall anre of his work will find it difficult to gain and hold the confidence of others the man or yoman whose heart Is always troubled with doubt Is deficient of the fundamental elements of success ue or she Is forever striving against a formidable handicap which in most cases Is merely imaginary some persons weh equipped by adu cation and experience tor the work which they are doing are even so fool ish as to give it up in moments of discouragement and start off in a new quest they anre victims of a weakness which they should by every possible means strive to overcome and strange to say this weakness prevails to a larger extent among men and women 0 real ability than it does among the ignorant proving in a small measure that ignorance Is bliss M the shy Is apt to be afraid to try the thin ice but the venturesome fellow doean doesn t care a whoop whether he breaks through or not in love as in war it Is generally the man who believes in himself that wins and so it b in the pursuit of wealth and fame often elusive to UK timid but easily captured by the stout hearted who refuse to admit defeat but there Is a vast difference between genuine confidence and the other kind which the egotist sees through distorted spectacles the former the altogether right sort Is the steadfast unshaken sort which most of us need to spur us on to greater usefulness to ourselves and to others one Is a kind of lie which poisons everything it touches the other Is truth without virus uplifting hope tul certain and as strong as the rock of ages which we all may acquire if we go about its acquirement in the right spirit we almost break our necks to get a job but when we sit down to it and face the serious responsibilities it brings with if our courage oozes out and we find ourselves face to face with fear the tiling to do when this foolish fear manifests itself Is to summon confidence take up our work believe in and go through it nn shaken to the very end it we do this steadfastly our con floence will grow so strong tha neither height nor depth nor any frowning creature of fright can daunt us or make us afraid when we are put to the severest test by mcclure syndicate 0 |
