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Show , Ii1fe J, Spirit og j ;?.vt wrv v - J HAVE you counted your blessings and are you truly thankful? Or are you one of the army ot women who each year declare they "have nothing to be thankful for?" There isn't a woman living, or a man who has nothing to be thankful for Those who protest against fate, who say theirs is a hard life, void of all beauty, comfort, cheer or anything whatsoever to give thanks for. are wrong with the world Something Is the matter they need readjusting: and a different point of view. The peevish, dissatisfied woman who allows herself to be unhappy because she does not possess as much of this world's goods as her neighbor and then says she has nothing to be thankful thank-ful for. has only to go into a city hos pital and there she will see many rea sons for her own thanksgiving. You mothers who have healthy chil dren. strong of body and straight of limb, may be thankful that your little ones are not compelled to inhabit a home for incurable cripples. You fathers who have kind, gentle wives and well-bred children may be thankful that you are not married to a shrew, a woman who neglects her home, her children, and makes hei husband's life unbearable. Every cne of you can be thankful fot the sunshine, the rain, the beauty of the hills and fields, the fruits of the earth that will appease your hunger, the clothing that keeps you warm, and above all, for the roof that covers you Many there are, you know, that have not those blessings. The blind cannot see the sunshine or the beauties of na ture; the poverty-stricken cannot en joy the fruits of the earth and warm clothing; the homeless have no roof-tree roof-tree to shelter them, and the cripples cannot feel the softly falling rain. Are you, then, making the world about you more livable and lovable for some poor, disheartened mortal? Are you lightening his burden? Or are you In your selfishness making the world bleak and cold and inhospitable for those about you? You can do something to help the unfortunate ones to be thankful. Perhaps Per-haps you cannot give a bountifully supplied basket of provisions to your poor neighbor, but you can send her a plate of biscuits, or call upon her and cheer her up a bit. Y'ou can write a cheerful letter to a shut-in or take her a bright bunch of posies or a basket of fruit. Flowers and fruit are always welcomed at the hospitals; but If you take them there yourself, add1 ing the, brightness of your presence, they will be doubly welcome. Do not let the day pass without performing per-forming some act of kindness or charity, char-ity, lightening some burden or making the heart of some sad friend sing a joyful melody. Be truly thankful for your own blessings bless-ings and dispense a blessing wherever you may. |