Show uncommon by J OHN JOHN BLA BLAKE K E sense S p n d p y w M C bell syndicate TU service SerT lc i slake lake up your mind that you will have more or less trouble as you journ e y through dont waste pity this world you on yourself will meet t with in many a n y disappointments point ments people whom you trusted may turn out to be had bad actors it if they are drop them from your ac but dont un derany circumstances begin to believe that you are misused that there are conspiracies against you or that you are not getting a 1 square deal sometimes you wont get a square deal that may ho be no fault of yours but dont worry about it drop the acquaintanceship acquaint an of people who have proved themselves to be mean and tricky and choose friends that you can trust there are plenty of these 0 4 dont think for a moment that everybody Is trying to get the best of yo j that your boss Is exploiting you or that you any chance to get ahead your chances of getting ahead will be just about what you deserve today you like everybody else have plenty of 0 opportunity to educate yourself but to do that it will be necessary to work and to work hard you will find people who will seek to crowd you out and get ahead of you you will come into contact with unscrupulous office politicians but that kind of people always work themselves out of jobs before long for they are so busy with their little venomous plans that they will have no time to win any sort of success dont work on tile the principle that this Is an ideal world and that everybody gets an even break it Is not that kind of a world but its sordidness and selfishness are overrated work out your own plans and stick to them pay no more attention to a rascally office mate who Is 13 trying to tunnel you out of a job than you would to a tree root that tripped you up alien iv hen you were taking an afternoon walk be helpful and comi considerate to other people if they repay you with backbiting back biting drop them and find people who are a better sort enough of these exist in your neck of the woods to help make life very ve ry pleasant tor for you A bove above all do not whine take things as you find them use them for your own good take care of 0 your health and your disposition and in the end you will find that that you have been more or less the architect of your own fortune and that you deserved the kind that you got |