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Show JOHN D.'S HAPPINESS RECIPE John D. Rockefeller, happy and hale at eighty-six, attributes his wholesome love of life and general good condition to the fact that he "never lets anything bother him." This is a first-class recipe for happiness. But, how many persons per-sons are there in the world who can adopt this method of insuring peace and good cheer? Many of us bother; aboutj a, lot of things that aren't worth the bother., Mr. Rockefeller would eliminate these things, and so would the most of us, if only we could. For some reason, however, we concern ourselves about so many little inconsequential affairs little matters that really do not help or hinder" our daily lives. "Mighty oaks from little acorns grow," covers our mental gyrations gy-rations often. Some tiny little) word, or act, bothers us. It begins to grow, and haunt us, and finally because we've permitted the acorn to bother! us it becomes a mighty oak, shadowing us in despair. de-spair. A seren world, truly, if all of us would follow" John D.'s rule not to "let,.anything bother him. ' |