OCR Text |
Show ty'HEN Mrs Nelva S. Purdon. 349 South Pacific, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- V vanla. lost her husband, she was scared of the future. She was afraid she couldn't meet the competition of younger girls In the business busi-ness world, afraid of the loneliness, 'afraid she would become a discontented, discon-tented, sour, crabby, old lady. She realized it was up to her to overcome her fear. She must not ait and worry over the future; there was the present to consider. So she read all the inspirational things she could, the Bible, "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living," and Dr. Peale's book "Guide to Confident Con-fident Living." She prayed. She had Judgment enough to realize she had to control her thinking, and soon she found that the only way to do that was to keep busy. She took a brush-up course In shorthand and typing typ-ing and got a job. That was the first hurdle. Next she took tome "hobby' courses," dresden china painting, millinery, and a course at Carnegie Tech for self- CARNRG1E Improvement She took up bowling and golf, which she had never done before and she planned trips for the special days and holidays, working at keeping busy as she had never worked before As a result of her efforts, she says she Is so busy now that tier friends complain that they can never reach her. But she has less time to think of the past or worry over the future. She Is living one day at a time, and has achieved some degree of peace of mind which she never thought possible three years ago. |