Show THE MESSAGE I I I I By MARGARET RUSSELL I In this day of regimentation and conformity it is sometimes a bit difficult to preserve indi indi- The main streets of most of our cities have the same stores The store shelves all carry the same products New slang words and phrases catch on from time to time and everyone evI everyone ev uses them It sometimes reaches the point where a a mother emerges from a row of off identical houses dressed and f styled according to the current fashion She jumps into some well known model of car goes to toa toa toa a popular supermarket fills a basket with Tide Clorox etc and goes noes oes home The trend toward regimentation tion isn't quite so overwhelming in a small town but its it's here So it behooves us all to undertake undertake undertake under under- take a program for preserving individuality The first thing to do is to become become become be be- come acquainted with ourselves I mean our true self and not the carbon copy of our neighbor What is your favorite color You should have definite and personal likes and dislikes in inthis inthis inthis this field What type of scenery do you prefer Of architecture Of furniture Do you have a fascinating and creative hobby Do you like satin leather or tweed Do you like to dance Do you like sports Do you fry foods in solid or polyunsaturated fats Do you have a consuming or even slight curiosity about anything Does the sight of a crawling ant fill you with wonder wonder wonder won won- der Would you like to know what it feels like to stand on the top of a mountain Are you interested in local history In horses In law Anatomy There are books today available on almost everything and an exhaustive exhaustive exhaustive ex ex- study of something you find personally intriguing can be beso beso beso so satisfying It is important to discover a knowledge of the joy of being I am the daughter of John and Mary Smith the wife of Henry Johnson mother of Willy and Ann But more than that I am me I think and wonder and hurt and care I live I r exist Nice isn't it |