Show WE WEAKNESS KNESS OF F ANGER I DANGER OF QUICK TEM TEMPER ER I Copyright 1 1007 17 by Journal American Exam Examiner JJ try I Ella lIn Wheeler I ICor Have you ever noticed notice In hr striving for Cor any special end how just as you OU became sure auro you ou aro arc nearing success you stumble or blunder There is one aiming aiming- for or self i He lIe- wants want to 1 bo be 0 above above- and beyond yielding to lo anger his anger his quick temper has he been n hi his worst enemy After Arter months of growth in composure he feels that lint he has gained the tho mastery over ovel himself elf and wonder lion v h ho- ho houver over liver could have havu indulged in such a a. vulgar weakness as angel anger I I I i Then suddenly nt some somo small unexpected unexpected event oe occurs which causes him to topple from his his- pinnacle of or satis satis- satisfaction faction aunt antI to burst out in a a. violent ra rage rage e He IHl has his work to do all allover over again or of el else o he hc gives up tho the strife A woman is trying to bo ho always kind always helpful always charitable ani and never nover to woun wound or 01 hurt the tho feelIngs feelings feel feel- logs ings of ot another Sho weighs her words controls her actions and unit cultivates all tho the Christian Christian Christian Chris Chris- tian virtues Just as us she hell believes eves herself herself her her- self near human perfection site sho inadvertently wounds a a. friend by ill chosen words worth or 01 careless criticisms In the battle with lifes life's temptation It is the same story We Vo I break from tho time octopus of or vice or sin or 01 folly and swim lute into cl clear al untroubled waters H rejoicing that wo have con- con Suddenly down we go o Into an unforeseen iv hh and curd emerge m r o ow w weak ak III discouraged and with our QUi self self- confidence destroyed But Dut it Jl should not bo ho so The Hin doo philosophers de describe life liCe aa as an ocean the tho emotions which lead us 1111 into trouble its billows Wo Vvo are swimmers swimmers swimmers swim swim- mers up and down over o waves waves- up and down until we reach the tho se serene se- se robe rene depths where all IK is culm calm and wo we can look 1001 shoreward where the restless billows break hrcak and know Juto we wc weare weare are secure front from harm halm I Every Evory time lima wo we fall rall from rom our Ideal we wo merely marey go down Into the tha hollow I between the billows If It wo we give up all Ut effort we h become submerged and I drown Irown If we continuo continue to struggle on oft we 1 l mount billow after I billow until at last wo i reach each serenity Never ever mind your mistakes your join OUI missteps your blunders Tho They are arc a apart apart apart part of your you development d. Keep Keel on trying It is not nol expected that you vim attain perfection all at once ollee So long longas OK M you are aro in the body you yuU mu must t be ho handicapped occasionally by hy Us its weaknesses weak weak- ne nesses But Hut do o not think them chronic or incurable Believe you will wiH attain tho the perfection you In the lon long run Believe you are aTe a a. divine sp spirit and that divinity will wll manifest It itself clr In you Work for it it wait walt for ot It and assert it In ht n face faco o of all nil your you L' L errors enols J Gla Gradually the time errors shall grow Irow fewer and antI fewer until the they fade fatle away and leave you illuminated with wILh divine divino truth and strong with with- divine wis wisdom om e. e |