Show HOW OW TO LIVE common tense sense comments Com mento on 9 health and longevity by GEORGE F BUTLER A M M D copyright i 1920 by i 4 slioma preux bores barbati BREATHING how do you yon breathe you should learn to breathe properly many people have lazy lungs fresh fifer Is a free gift but bill it Is like most of the gifts of heaven in that we must do our share of work to benefit by it no one would expect to have a good tire just because a pair of bellows bangs on a nail by the chimney but that Is exactly what nhat many people expect of their lungs which are really only the bellows given us to keep the fire of life burning bright and clear within us this trick of lazy lungs Is a habit and like any other may be overcome overcome b by persistent effort many persons for example are afflicted with a nervous habit of holding the breath unconsciously ly these are arc the people who in spite of plenty of time spent out of doors catch cold easily digest poorly and ire are always s more or less under the weather tons breathe only with the upper part of the lungs find and although they may br brenthol eatho regularly do not draw in sufficient nir air at a breath to fill the lungs when the pernicious habit ol of poor shallow breathing hris has been broken up the health undergoes such marked improvement there Is such brightening of the spirit and improvement in appearance that the luxury of deep breathing Is not likely to be readily foregone deep breathing means literally deep breathing and not what some understand it to be the mere lifting of the diaphragm idich may be done with the lungs not filled to their full capacity the action of the mind enters largely into all physical exercise especially into all forms of breathing which have the poising of the nerve centers in view first fill your mind with pleasant thoughts and then concentrate cen your thought upon the breath breathe find and think I 1 breathe and think I 1 I 1 until the whole body becomes a living thing find and your breath a vital life sustaining element in short breathe to the toes for be held long enough the actual breathing capacity of the chest Is 14 increased to a great degree diaphragmatic breathing acts directly upon the liver which in turn affects the stomach and digestive organs good digestion makes a healthful glow brightens the eye stimulates the entire being to radiate vibrations of harmony and health there Is no better way of strengthening tile the muscles the lungs and heart improving the appetite and digestion banishing the blues and making you rejoice that you are alive than to go out into the woods and meadows or city parks where you can exercise and breathe good air and thus develop new sinew and new strength both of soul and body work for health insist on having it it Is yours if you but work for it its hints are in each growing gronning tree each breath of sun kissed air each thought of happiness trustfulness and love get in touch with the purposes plans and laws of the infinite intelligence li gence and mental moral and physical health Is yours and one of the best ways to get in touch Is to take a dally daily long walk and breathe properly in gods out of doors under the great and infinite sky and among the trees where the winds are harping if you will erect your head bead expand your chest find and walk away as it Is meant you should walk on these fresh mornings when the world Is enveloped if in a golden halo balo from out of which like angel voices from the quiet depths of heaven the winds are singing their impromptu of praises you will be full of life a and D d joy and hope LEARN HOW TO LIVE I 1 I 1 A cheerful man extracts all the innocent joy lie he can out ot of the time ns it passes tin and does doea not worry lie does docs not fret and forbade for bode and spoil lifes sunshine today to in the fear that there may be no sunshine tomorrow he Is not disturbed by small evils for he knows that the chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex him and in prudently cultivating an undergrowth of small pleasures since great ones rarely come to any of us and never last long it is the little everyday pleasures and enjoyments enjoy ments that tire are tle most satisfying live today instead of living in anticipation of a good time tomorrow do not grumble but us use e to the full resources of happiness that are available happiness depends upon the treatment of what we e have find and not of what we have not happiness Is made not found it comes from within and not from without it if we will to keep well and live long iud be happy we must open our hearts to the healing influences of nature and cense ceas e to despise simple pleasures adapt ourselves to existing circumstances and use the opportunities of enjoyment that come our way cultivating small pleasures making the most of our blessings find and always trying to look on the bright side of things lings ti and happiness will surprise us unawares the world Is like a lookingglass looking glass laugh at it and it laughs back frown at it and it frowns back each of us says ruskin as we live travel the he way of life has the choice according to our working of turning all tile the voices of nature into one song of rejoicing or of withering and quenching her sympathy into a fearful withdrawn silence of condemnation or into a crying out of her stones and a shaking of her dust against us nothing Is better understood than that there Is a connection between cheerfulness and good digestion what an astonishing amount and variety of food can be disposed of and perfectly digested at one sitting of two or three hours by a corn com pany of cheerful and happy not to say jolly and merry old friends friend sl 1 this one fact Is worth more than all else to show the dependence of the digestive powers on the state of mind emerson says the more of the cheerfulness or good temper that Is spent the more of it remains cheerfulness Is helpful every day and every minute it grows upon itself and la Is contagious it gives elasticity to the spirit specters fly before it difficult difficulties les cause no despair for they are encountered with hope and the mind acquires that happy disposition to improve the opportunities which lead to success without cheerfulness you cannot enjoy perfect physical mental or moral health the best tonic in the world Is that which Is imparted to the body through the mentality just to be glad this Is the cry of the human heart gladness Is the power to live in the present to make the moment rich either with work or contemplation to dwell on the care and vicissitudes of life Is to court sorrow ill III health despondency and death the mind that conal considers ders too closely the evils of the world comes finally to partake of the character of abo those se evils evi Is learn to laugh cultivate the nonsense in you cultivate that part of your nature that Is quick to see the mirthful side of things to the end that thus you shall be enabled to shed many of lifes troubles as the plumage of the bird sheds rain fun Is better for a sick child than medicine and after all we are but grownup grown up children and Nh whether ether sick or well we should endeavor to be cheerful so cheer cupl up our misgivings may not be true and remember that cheerfulness Is one of the best tonics in the world LEARN HOW TO LIVE |