| Show AT TURN OF ROAD Bo beginning ginning of new year good time for retrospection inspiration for alle all of Us in tion alon that thing which worried and Gadd saddened enod WT were only trifles trifle dy by WU GEORGE beginning of the now new year Is i TILE T a natural sharp bar turn la in the rod road of time hero here wo may wisely arset a while and la in the peace pace and quiet and calm calin of self alf goo aioo the long stretch of the road of a via sta gle twelve twelvemonth mouth it la Is built ably of abort steps of living from rau mu meat ineat to moment many of f the purposes aoa for aich we labored and struggled ui in oat narrow close selfish absorption seem poor atty and puny when hen seen from the turn of the road the structure of some gome effort we thought marble nov non la is ahon in tta its sickening abadin as a leasty affair of show and pretense rude made of staff that could not stand the wear and tear and test of time it wax not built on square lines of character of the best beat that was waa in us ug it lacked strength sincerity simplicity the tha m ma was made up of policy and sel ael put together on hurried plans plana it was a failure it cannot be but it Is worth only a passing regret sad and a realization reaUx atlon of the lesson of its et at the turn of the road the look backward from the turn tarn of the road should inspire na as by making mailing vivid to us how much of what we feared never came to pass the tyranny of worry that dominated us ua and held us for months trembling trem bUny slaves to a tear fear that our energy dulled our thinking and darkened our mental vision at the th very hours houra that should have given us ua fullest control of our beut best Is now sees seen an a in ao enemy to truce individual growth it means meana ft a hard harder fight la in the unending battle against worry and grief the broader view of life reveals that the only great gmt things la in life are that what pained us most moat saddened Badde ned our ar hearts and turned our hopes hope to ashes were only trifled cumulating into overwhelming importance A cruel cmel word an aa unkindness a little misunderstanding der standing may darken a day and nep ep arate us u from one we love or may pat refy us into a mood of doubt and despair the most joyous moments of life the ta high in the pictures picture of memory emory Ln may too b be only Itri fies ot of aw flo expressions of love sim lle tributes of confidence and treat that make the very heart smile as aa we remember i e ember nature la Is constantly giving us new turns turna of the road it may be b a birthday or some general anniversary la in the cycle of at the year it may be some rome red letter day in the private cal calendar ezdar of 0 ear emotions or some date eloquent to us as telling of some jayoma first arst or some ome pathetic last time la in the sacred diary of the heart it may be a supreme sorrow in an sn aenas of loss the coming of a great joy the closing of some florae epoch in our lives th proving of tile the actuality of something too awful for us eye even a to have feared some gome exultant half hour that changes ic irrevocably all our living these aad number numberless lesi other dayi daya hours bobre or single may bring brang us alone to the turn of ct the road read then may come one of those thone rare moments of life of fine spiritual dim dia comment of luminous revel revelation stion of coming to te ones highest self when the sordid the or mean mab the temporary the selfish are a stripped in aa a of garish ehard and tinsel then the real the true the stand out in their majesty bathed in the splendor and glow of the revealing of truth in such rach a the very tingle of the inspiration of the infinite fills us we seem eb born bora again to new better and greater things for we have seen the divine vision at the turn of the road |
