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Show v SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT By F. A. WALKER CHEER THE DISCOURAGED AS YOU move along happily through life with the sun of prosperity shining all about you, greeted by friendly smiles and flattering flatter-ing words of praise, what are you doing to cheer the unfortunate and the discouraged? Do you ever give them a passing thought as you sit in your comfortable comfort-able home when the freezing winds of winter blow, or when the torrid heat of summer scorches the earth? Do you greet the despondent souls you may happen to know with cordial cor-dial nods and words, or do you pass them by without recognition? To these hapless persons a sign of friendliness in the morning often buoys them up for the whole day and sends them on their way in a new-dawning new-dawning hope. Some hearts are breaking while your heart is beating joyfully in anticipation an-ticipation of pleasure, or, perhaps, throbbing with delight as you proudly consider your success and what its continuance will mean to you in the years to come. Some backs are aching beneath loads too heavy for their strength, while your strong shoulders know not a single touch of pain or an annoying twinge of fatigue. Some eyes are dimmed with tears, while your eyes are twinkling with laughter, shining like the stars in a clear, frosty night. Some souls are lonely while you dance merrily to glad music and mingle with congenial associates, thoughtless of the blessings that fall upon you softly as the dew. To all the discouraged, all the weary and heavy laden, to all the sad-eyed and lonely you may know, give friendship if you can give nothing noth-ing else friendship with a little bit of love, such as noble men and women wom-en are capable of bestowing. Feel the blissful peace that swells in your breast as you clasp a worn hand and utter a dozen simple words of encouragement. Earthly wealth cannot buy such peace. It is a gift from heaven to the faithful and to those who remember remem-ber the Golden Rule, and do their utmost ut-most to practice it. Discouraged souls are everywhere, all about you, hungry for appreciation, apprecia-tion, sympathy and love. Only a thin veil hangs between their sorrows and your joys. And to you is given the power to lift the covering and let in the gladsome glad-some sunshine of friendship before i shall be too late. ' ((c) by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) O |