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Show I j Make Most of the Happiness at Hand One of the easiest things In the world Is to neglect t'ie email courtesies of life, and yet this U a falling that la most Inexcusable. In-excusable. There Is nothing which bring greater returns than do the little everyday acts of courtesy and consideration. We vrouIC sll be very much Insulted If any one should ro much as suggest to us that we were not perfectly honest In every way, yet most of us are entirely honest In Intentions, but few of us are perfectly honest In fart Wc receive so miny things for which we never give any return It is unfair to take ill the time without giving. j Taking and Giving. I A dear old lady who bad a wonderful rose garden used to be very generous with her flowers, and when people would remark re-mark upon her generosity, she would say: ' The more fiowers 1 give away tbe ----- - l more I have to give away' There Is i wonderful lesson In this for us all. The more we gle sway the more wc have tc B Things are cumulative. The more friendly acts we return tbe more filend-P filend-P hlp will be offered to us; tbe more klnd- ! ness we pass on to others the more kind ness will come back to ourselves. Most of us are unintentionally negligent of the smalt duties that ours. We B borrow a book and forget to return It We i . civ e a letter and forget to answer It j a B favor Is shown us and we forget to express H our appreciation. I It u strange -eiv ttilng tht B moit of rz sicct are the tiur H iat should we observe them, would brine j L greatest amount of happlncw Into our A girl who spent some hard years trying I to adlust herself to hard conditions. In speaking afterward of those years, said "I learned something then that 1 v never forgotten and that was. if I was to have any happiness at all I was to get it out of little things. I came to realize that Jey vus not something outside of one's self, but something from within. I learned to laugh and make merry with myself. I was In S lonely community with two lonely old people, and I not only taught myself to laugh, but taught them to laugh witli me." Laughter Is the tonic of the soul it does not need any special background. But its secret, once discovered, can transform the dullest life and make of it something gay and beautiful. "Take Joy home and make a place for ncr ana cncrian ner sang Jean lngeiow long ago Vou see ve roust not only take her home, but make a place for her. too, and we must cherish her, else she will slip away from us unbeknown. One of the ways to cherish the Joy of Ufa is to remember re-member the Utile things to show the little acts of consideration, to accept the little pleasures and make tho most of them This girl wh'i had learned to laugh, had learned one of life's most precious secret Brilliant light:- gay equipages, silken gowns and flhlnR Jewels do n-t alwaye mean happiness. Many a little cabin that holds low ;md laughter ahrlnes Joy. and holds her close. There seems little connection between the Joy of life and those small, every day imenltles that 50 many of US neslo t. Hut thec are the golden bars of the rigo that will keep Joy safe for us. For after all It Is the small nerleete. the tiny tndltfereneea. the Inconsiderate acts, the selfish trifles wc do that drive Joy from the home. With H It Is ite aniajwns TUtn t e ctoeck ip our small failures, to find out how many lapses we make in a day. unless we are careful. How many kind acta of con-flderatlon con-flderatlon we overlook, how many pleasant things wc might pass on to others, how many carelers words and careless deeds creep in to mar the day , A certain Visa woman hai said ' Let us lay hold of the happiness of today. to-day. Do we not go through life blindly thinking- that some fair to-morrow will t.rlng us the gift mlaaed to-day 7 When do wjB think then to be happy" To-morrow? What Is to-morrow? How Is It different dif-ferent from to-day? Is it not but another day?" "Know thou, my heart. If thou art not happ) to-day. thou shalt never be happy! To-diy is given thee to be patient, to be unselfish, strong, eager and to work mightily! If thou doest these things, and If. remembering all thy mercies, thou doest them with a grateful heart, thou shalt be happy." |
