Show i I BEGINNINGS Si 1 I H HI AGAIN I ii t I By 87 Maria Leonard Dean of 01 Women t n I University of S 'S SC g C T WOULD love to live my life I I I again said my d dear r little old old lady friend of or ninety four years during the last of my regular visits to her ber as she died within the month Live almost a century a again aln said I almost catching my breath at the thought Yes said she for tor I love lovelife lovelife life lite I love lore It dearly Living our lives again we again we cannot do but we cnn can make a brave new start at the beginning beginning beginning begin begin- ning of each year New Years Year's day Is IsI I Inventory n v en tor y day Gj ll when with mental 1 reserve we should take ph physical mental mental mental men men- tal and spiritual tl i stock of ot ourselves q At this time of ot cat cat- we must not let discourage discourage- discouragement mont ment nor conceIt look over our shoulders shoulders shout shout- ders and o 0 overshadow over over- v e r- r shadow us for either brings our balance wrong Lifes Life's purposes are arc measured eternally eternally eter eter- nally not by our goal Our Improvement Improvement Improve Improve- improvement ment not our result marks marl s our ress The effort put forth In our strivings strivings ings measures us quite as ns much as the things for Cor which we are striving Success Success Success Suc Suc- cess In life must be estimated In this way Life Ufe Is an expert bookkeeper we get back what we put In our balanced statements show plus the dividends of loving kindness and true understand understand- ing Our Cheerful Cherub knew the secret secret secret se se- se- se cret when be he said One Gave cave his only coat away And his heart was like liko warm gold Another drew his fur coat close But his heart grew c still more cold One true measure of success one I modern philosopher said Is the ratio between what we might have been and what we wo ml might ht have done on the one hand and what we are and what we weare weare are doing on the other Let us watch ourselves throughout the thc new year eat at nt our dally daily work York whatever er It be to see that our Initiative Initia tive does not lose Its creative spark sparl find and degenerate Into mere routine for this Is the reason why the world Is mediocre and gray ray Benjamin Franklin Frank Frank- lin ha advises ls advises If If c If you have two loaves of or bread one ono under each arm sell one tad md buy a hyacinth for your soul In a n word this corning coming New Year Is Isi t i chance to begin again Expect every- every bing and some of It will happen O 0 Western Newspaper Union |