Eureka Reporter | 1906-01-05 | Page 5 | Grief a Poor Companion

GRIEF A POOR to indulge in one s grief especially before one s fellow being is not only a sign of weakness and selfishness in one s character but Is harmful alike to both the mind and body besides making one a most undesirable corn canlon even to the most sympathetic di friend there are soine people mostly women who seem to take a sort of grew some pleasure in airing their sor rows and talking about their dead every birthday every anniversary of the death is an occasion to bring forth this skeleton of grief recount the death scene dilate upon the good points of the departed and revel in tears and lamentations and it the real truth were known some women actually enjoy these scenes they possibly would not admit it they probably do not know it but they obtain a certain kind of enjoy ment from parading their just as many a person takes comfort in re tailing his symptoms of disease piling up his aches and pains such a woman is generally low minded and the grief after fall Is not so deep seated a sorrow as it il to some other member of the family who has a more sensitive a stiller deeper nature sorrow if indulged in will impair the body and weaken the mental en argles but it accepted with alon and trustfulness will carve the soul into forms of beauty and give tc the eyes a softness and expressions express ios that they have often otherwise lacked but sorrow it selfishly kept alive will furrow the face with discontent and bitterness if uncomplainingly burled in the heart it will refine the features and teach them with an in finite sweetness As you value your health the hap of your children the comfort of your household the of your friends do not resurrect your do not indulge yourself in tear tul scenes it can do no good it will simply weaken the body depress the mind and make uncomfortable all those about ou charleston evening post