Show conditions CREATE opportunity we are living in strenuous times and as one writer says your horizon may be clouded over with clouds of trouble but never say fail for the rainbow always comes out of a clouded sky just as the sunshine is b breaking deakin through conditions of living have changed since we entered the war and will continue to change greater restrictions will be enforced in spite of what anyone may say about the better times ahead we hear a lot of talk of postwar post war plans and improvements and if things talked about and promised are delayed more of unrest and unhappiness will prevail amon among those who become impatient in a recent lecture by manley hall he sums up the approach to happi ness in these words we maintain happiness in time of peace or in time of war in time of stress or strain or in time of prosperity or adversity according ac cordin to our own internal equipment with which we interpret events how true these words and how interesting it is to watch people react to the conditions which may force a change in their lives in another part of the lecture manley hall I 1 states that living is not a matter of time it is a matter I 1 of experience every tragedy that arises in our life is a supreme opportunity for release of strength if we release that strength we are greater the purpose of life is not primarily happiness but growth through experience I 1 and that life is successful which grows the most and abati that life which grows the most is the one which understands the most things are ae happening everywhere to bring to us a great er realization of the truth of prophecy not only in regard to the predictions made by the prophets of old but those of more modern times through warfare whether in actual combat or as result of accidents while in training airplane I 1 j crashes explosions like that on the west coast or through fire and other form of catastrophe the casualties run into j large figures an associated press checkup check up given in one of the daily papers last week listed the number of killed and wounded within a two week period from july 3 to 17 as killed and over a thousand wounded in major accidents in the united states this gives one a fair idea of the number of homes affected as a result thereof another paper tells the tragic story of medicos cos doomed i territory as result of volcanic eruptions which have buried I 1 i two towns and threaten three others it tells of the in habitants fleeing in terror to escape the flow of molten I 1 rock as millions of tons of lava pour forth to destroy every thing hing within that section I 1 unless one comes into close contact with conditions of this kind or with those who are the victims thereof it is is difficult to realize what is taking place in the remaking of the life pattern of individuals and families but one thing is certain no matter what the condition or th the ei tragedy encountered it IS for a purpose again quoting from the manley hall lecture in referring to the opportunity offered to develop character some individuals rise to meet the opportunity and challenge of tragedy becoming wiser greater and nobler noble r than they could possibly have been under any other circumstance then there is the matter of karma to be taken into consideration although one must believe in reincarnation reincarnate on to accept this theory since only a few as compared to the many who may read this column accept it it is well to pass lightly over this aspect except to say that many things happening today but strengthen the belief of those who do understand the law As ye sow so shall ye reap just as this law may apply to one period of earth life so may it be multiplied for good or for evil in countless journeys through life we ARE living in strenuous times out of which however there will vill come come a glorious spiritual awakening for those who will rise to meet ineat the conditions which may cause mental or physical suf suffering in the days ahead |