Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-11-25 | Page 5 | With Ourselves

WITH OURSELVES Let us try to cultivate repose of! i manner, calmness, quietness and emotional emo-tional control, li you want 1o grow in' personal influence this precious Quality Quali-ty of poise is the problem Obviously it cannot be developed, if we cling to the weakness of a self-consciousness. for self consciousness breeds awk I wardness, indecision and timidity.; Then the door is shut in the face of' ; poise but opened wide for the cn ' I trance of excitability Vs a beginning therefore, self-for- igetfniness must be gained and thej I best aid to this Is a focusing of the attention on worthy interests and high, Ideals slrhing with all one - niigbl to bring ihem to realization When the attention is thus diverted from the self- as in enthusiastic devotion devo-tion to one's work self-consciousness, will be experienced less and less, and I with increasing forget fulness, self-eon J fldence Is sure to come. Emotion'tl control will thus grow! apace ability to face difficulties cooi-ly cooi-ly and courageously, lo refuse to be I overwhelmed with fears that plunge ,the self-conscious into despair. If we discipline ourselves to look i calm, determined, confident, we shall more and more be cairn, determined and confident. Experience has repeat-ledly repeat-ledly demonstrated the truth that "the i mind becomes what it contempla'es."