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Show Dv DR. SOPHIA BRUNSON satisfaction to the human soul as can a love-filled life. (To Be Concluded) THE SOURCE OF HAPPINESS In a world in which hate is on the march and fear is gripping grip-ping with its icy fingers the hearts of men, nothing is secure. Everything that we were brought up to consider sacred is being reviled and jeered at. The world is upside down and threatening to destroy itself. Can anybody remain serene and find a measure of peace and happiness amidst such turmoil? Yes, by finding the source of happiness which depends only secondarily upon the material things. You must educate your heart as well as your head, if you would invite happiness to abide with you. If we would think more, we would forget ourselves in trying to make someone else happy. Merely contributing money, or sitting on a committee, or attending at-tending meetings, is not enough. It is the personal self-sacrificL ing work that counts. The writer was listening to a conversation one day among a group of educated people. One of them remarked that a work cf art brought her happiness; another said that she derived great joy from her love of nature, na-ture, a gorgeous sunset, a lovely flower, the lilting melody of a bird's song, the thrilling story of a strange adventure. It is true that all these things make life fuller and sweeter. The appreciation of the beautiful, beauti-ful, especially in nature, is an unending source of enjoyment, but nothing can give that deep |