Show eliy we do by H K ph D SEARCH FOR THE TALISMAN since man emerged rom the EVER jungle he has been looking tor the talisman that will make him healthy happy and wise without any effort on this part the ancients actually set out on fibuch grandiose quests as the pot of gold at the and of the rainbow the fountain of youth and the ers stone by means of which chev hoped to turn everything into gold objectives that were calculated to make them rich or famous or bc ful or youthful we are inclined to laugh at these old timers as ignorant old augles who lived in the dark ages and were merely in their mental capacity yet we are no less eager to find a short cut to health happiness and success the quest for the talisman cents the night from reality it Is a form of day dreaming in which we get all we want by the mere wishing in the world of everyday life the things we cherish are not easily at talked in fact we usually fall en hence we hope and trust to find an easy way through some sort of hocus we know eliat this Is absurd e are too enlightened to believe in mag lc and yet we keep right on acting as though we believed in it that some bow or other things are going to break right for us this Is one way of keep las up our courage and maintaining our morale it la more than that it does give us what we want in our imagination all too frequently this Is about ai close as we shall ever come to attain ang our hearts desire the dope fiend has found a ante for his talisman alie rest of us employ milder means to secure the same ends the motive Is identical awe are all searching for the tails man |