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Show oo -v ADVICE TO THE HANDICAPPED Grow up as fast as you can. Cultivate Culti-vate tho widest InlorcBl wou can, and cherish all your friends. Cultivate some artistic talent, for you will And It tho most durable of satisfaction", and perhaps ono of the surest moans 'of. livelihood aa woll. Achievement Is, of course, on the knees of the gods; but you will at least havo the thrill of trial and. after all not to try is to fall. Taking your disabilities for granted, and assuming: constantly that they are being taken for granted, make your social Intorcourso as broad and as constant as possible. Do not tako the world too seriously, not lot too many social conventions oppress you. Keep Bweet your sense of humor, and above all do not let any morbid feelings of Inferiority creep Into wour soul: You will find wour-self wour-self sensitive enough to the sympathy of othors, and if you do not find people peo-ple who like ou and are willing to meet you more than half way. It will bo because you have let your disability disabili-ty ( narrow your vision and shrink up yoiir soul. It will be your own fault and not that of your circumstances. In a word, keep looking outward, look out eagerly for those things that Interest In-terest you, for people who will interest you and be friends with you, for now interests and for opportunities to ex-proas ex-proas yourself You will find that your disability comes to have little 'moan-In? 'moan-In? for you. that It will begin to fade quite completely out of your sight; you will wake up some fine morning and find yourself, after all the struggles strug-gles that seemed so hitter to. you. really and truly adjusted to the world. Atlantic Magazine. nn i |