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Show MAKING ONE'S WAY IN LIFE Every Man la the Architect of His Own Success, However He May Be Assisted. How ninny of us pass our time in waiting lor life to give us something instead of tryir-u to find it for ourselves! our-selves! We even go so far as to think: " ; that life owes us always more than ' receive, that we fulfill our mission on earth by simply living a harmless ex lstenee and that fame and fortune should be ours by right. It is for this latter reason that we so often resent the good fortune of others and allow ourselves to believe that we have been discriminated against by Providence, We do not seem to realize that It Is well worth our while to do something more than wait for what may or may not come to pass, that we are tha architects in large measure of our own success and that we must make the best of what "is before us in ordef to learn the rights to fulfill the desires of our hearts. If we make but littla headway we are quick with our excuses ex-cuses and are always ready to place the blame upon others who can in noway no-way be held responsible. If, on tha-other tha-other hand, we do succeed, it seem quite natural to talcti the credit ourselves our-selves whether we deserve it or not. The chances are, however, that if w amount to very much in this world tha credit belongs to us more than to nny-i one else, even though-we do receive assistance as-sistance at times from those who taka an interest in us. The point of tha master is that we must fortify our-, selves to meet conditions as they coma .-and .-and to do our best to shape them into) happiness and prosperity for ourselves. |