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Show SOMETHING-TO THINK ABOUT By F. A. WALKER I EELIEVE IN YOURSELF THE individual who lacks belief in himself, who approaches his daily duties timidly, fearing that he is destined des-tined to blunder and thus make a fail ure of his work, will find it difficult to gain and hold the confidence of others The man or iroman whose heart Is always troubled with doubt Is deficient de-ficient of the fundamental elements of success. He or she Is forever striving against a formidable handicap which in most cases Is merely imaginary. Some persons weH equipped by education edu-cation and experience for the work which they are doing are even so foolish fool-ish as to give it up in moments- of discouragement and start off in a new quest. They are victims of a weakness which they should by every possible means strive to overcome. And strange to say, this weakness prevails to a larger extent among men and women of real ability than it does among the ignoiant, proving In a small measure that "ignorance is bliss." The shy skater is apt to be afraid to try the thin ice, but the venturesome venture-some fellow doesn't care a whoop whether he breaks through or not. In love as in war, it is generally the man who believes in himself that wins. And so it i? in the pursuit of wealth and fame, often Iusive to the timid, but easily captured by the stouthearted stout-hearted who refuse to admit defeat. Cut there is a vast difference between be-tween genuine confidence and the other kind which the egotist sees through distorted spectacles. ' The former, the altogether right sort, is the steadfast, unshaken sort, which most of us need to spur us on to greater usefulness, to ourselves and to others. One is a kind of lie which poisons everything it touches; the other Is truth without virus, uplifting, hopeful, hope-ful, certain and as strong as the rock of ages, which we all may acquire If we go about its acquirement in the right spirit. We almost break our necks to get a Job, but when we sit down to It and face the serious responsibilities it brings with it, our courage oozes out and we find ourselves face to face with fear. The tiling to do when this foolish fear manifests Itself is to summon confidence, take up our work, believe in ourselves and go through It unshaken un-shaken to the very end. If we do this steadfastly our confidence con-fidence will grow so strong that neither height nor depth, nor any frowning creature of fright can daunt us or make us afraid when we are put to the severest test. (Cc) bv McClure Newspaper Syndicate. |
