Show One wm Sp rit I IBY II I BY D DEAN AN MARQUIS MAnQUIS In n In Detroit News 11 OU are going oln to make a New Ii ViII Years Year's resolution You mn may IJ not believe in n doing so You I may not want to do so You may stoutly affirm that you will not do so But to say that you will not resolve to do anything anything anything any any- thing Is In itself a resolution It means that you are arc determined to hold to your our present course If you have been a then you are going to keep on If you OU have been a drifter you YO are going to keep on driftIng driftIng drifting drift- drift Ing If It you OU have been without a target target target tar tar- get at which to shoot then you are going to keep right on banging awa away with both eyes shut It Is a law that thata a body unsupported falls to the thealo ground An And It Is isa also alo a law that a aman aman aman B man unsupported a by a definite purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose and resolution resolution resolution tion Is dragged down by the 4 I force of circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances until he heI A I I bumps the bot hot 1 tom torn S S SI I a agree g r e e with you that the average av ay- av- av New Years Year's resolution d does doe o e s snot snot not amount to a picayune There are three good reasons w why h y It seldom lasts beyond the first week In Januar January In the first place most of ot our resolutions resolutions res res- are l not ot resolutions at all They are merely Idle sentimental wishes And wishing Is a long way from willing The man who wishes to tobe tobe tobe be or to do a certain thing looks to time and circumstance to help him ou out The man who wills to be or do doa a certain thing gets up and goes to It regardless The man who wishes Is generally long on prayer The man who wills puts up a fight as well as asa asa asa a prayer S S S S S S S Another reason why our resolutions amount to little Is because they are In the wrong tense Some years ears a ago agoa o oa a man came Into my ray study and dropped limp helpless and hopeless Into a chair Im no good he beganI began I have no power of will left I have been fighting a habit for tor years I II II II I have resolved again and again to cut It ou out And after every resolution resolution resolution tion I have gone out and gone lower than before Its It's no use Im I'm done for tor Get out out outI I replied you have as much will as any man The trouble Is you do not know how to use It What do you mean 1 he asked I mean I replied Just what I say aay ay You dont don't know how to use your will Ill I'll bet every ery time you resolved resoled to quit this habit you put the resolution tion In the future tense You saI said Im Tm going to quit And something In the back of your head said No you OU will not You have hae said that before What else could I have said ald 7 he asked You could have put It In the past tense tense put put the thing behind you OU In Instead Instead instead In- In stead of ot In front of you You could ll have Ve said I have quit Its It's a thing of the past and b gone on a about b 0 u t your business with the feeling that e something 0 met hi n g had been settled Thank you he said ald rising I Isee Isee Isee see what you c mean In the past pastI I 1 have said I 1 willI will I quit Now I say sayI sayto I to you OU I have ha quit The old life Ilfe Is behind me That was years ago tie lie has stood tood true It may be bea a psychological trick but It i 1 Is a good goodone goodone one ono to put the thing you ou want to overcome over o come behind you OU rather than In front of cf you ou S S S S S S Another weakness In New Years Year's resolutions Is that as a u rule they are not backed up by a plan As a matter matter mat mat- ter of fact It would be a great deal better to quit the business of making a resolution for the New Year and instead make a a plan for the New Year Frame up un a D reasonable program leads toward the thing you ou want to be beor beor beor or 10 do No one ever eyer arrives es at his goal In on one leap That's the weakness an and deception In so mall many resolutions Dont Don't try to make mak It from the valley to the top of the mountain In one Jump Look up the slope nUl and fix your our course as far as you can see The higher you get the farther you OUI will be beable beable I able to see ane and the faster taster you will beable beable be he heable able to go You gain strength th In climbing I It If you take a tumble keep leep your our eye on en the top pick yourself up and go on Hold to the main plan and dont don't bite oft off more of It at a time than you youcan youcan youcan can chew As long iong as you keep going youre you're oure a winner no mal matter ter how long It takes you to get there |