OCR Text |
Show GENERALLY A POOR EXCUSE' ' f Person Who 8ays "I Haven't Time" Most Frequently Means "I Haven't ., Managed Well." Lock of tlmo, wisely declares Anne nittonhouso, Is usually lack of. organization organ-ization which Is borne out by tho' fact-that fact-that tKsjbtfstest men and womeniWlM havD'accompllshed much In their lives aro thoso to whom we turn whenwci want something quickly done, and wo are not kept waiting. That Is an. kxi porlenco so common to all of us that It does not heed enlarging. Wo ohea ask ourselves why this Is so, and If wo -would only search deep enough we would find tho answer In tho power pow-er 'of organization and elimination possescsd by thoso persons. A woman will toll you with an extravagant ex-travagant loss of norvous vitality, how much sho lias dono, how It keeps her from sotting her costume finished or an Important book read, or notes written, writ-ten, or friends attended to, or tho nawspapors glanced over; and, whllo sho Is telling you how little tlmo sho has becauso sho Is so rushed sho Is using up valuablo moments In which much could bo accomplished; also tiring tir-ing her thinking and vocal faculties and rasping her nerves. It she would give over the Half hours a day that sho expends In saying say-ing how much she has to do In actually act-ually doing tho things sho hasn't the time to do she would bo astonished and delighted at her achievements and freer from nervous excitement than sho has over been. , Talking takes It out of one, and a constant repetition of how much ono has to do and how diaicult It Is to And time for tho right things or tho artistic artis-tic finish of any occupation only increases in-creases tho burden of thoso things, nnd, worso still, nccentuates them to such a degrco that thoy grow out of all proportion to their vnluo. A strong application of Christian Science right hero, in its doctrino that brain pictures becomo actualities if one Indulges in them and that we creato trouble for ourselves by talking talk-ing of It nil tho time, would savo norvous strain In a remarkable way and mako tho wheels of llfo run far more smoothly. ' |