| Show The me Art of off o Mekong cZ If Better I f THE HE optimist looks at tho the wor world d T THE J through roso rose colored glasses blasses He I does ea not see things in their true light 11 u ho pictures for himself ideal conditions and Imbues his mind mindO so O o thoroughly with these that ho begins s to ignore Imperfection and Imagines that the realization of his Ideals al all exists He Ile Is to bo be contrasted with the tho pessimist who ho overlooks all allgood allgood good Jl points and all alV pleasant conditions and ond sees secs only faults faults Imperfections and ana misery the misery the dark sI side a of of things Tho The Tho oP optimistic I view of life IB ia highly high high- highly ly Iy commendable we should all to avoid old pe pessimistic Viand cu cultivate cul- cul I a cheerful outlook Yet optimism carried to extreme Is not wise Tho The optimist by fixing his mind continually upon the right and ond tho goed is prone to forget that the wrong and tho the tho bad also exist and therefore prone to for forget et that his duty duly lies not In dreaming of Ideal conditions ns but In la striving to make mako existing conditions as oe nearly ideal as possible The optimist Is inclined to bo be bo a theorizer and the tho world needs not dreamers dreamer and theorizers it needs needa workers ers half as ns much as na and practical men and women It It- Itis is along alon practical linos lines that pure o optimism ism galls fans and must bo supplemented by bf A. A Is In practical and 1 ence highly high appropriate In this practical practical practical age It may bo be defined as tho the art artof artof artof of making things things' b bettor better Tho The man who practices has as perfect a conception of Ideal conditions a as the tho optimist has but he 1 Is fully aware of ot the tho fact that Ideal condit do not exist In this world and Instead of cl closing his hin eyes to tho misery and pain evil sorrow and ond other Imperfections which surround him ho bo tries to ameliorate smell ameli orate conditions and make them approach ap ap- approach ap tho the ideal as nearly nearl as He does not formulate elaborate schemes of a 0 perfect universe He realizes realizes real real- izes that a 0 mightier wiser mind than his made mado the tho world as It is and ho he realizes also that tho the divine divIno mind must have had the best of reasons for makIt making making mak mak- ing It so 80 Ho He docs does not with the optimist fet say Things are all right and proceed to forget the misery of his neighbors Nor does ho he with the pessimist pessimist pes pes- say Nothing is right H He wastes no time wondering why things are not different Mans fans duty lies not In inclosing closing bl his eyes to tho the evil ovll and misery In the world or In trying to persuade himself that these e conditions conditions do not exist but butIn butIn butin In striving to ameliorate them Tho The realizes that If ideal Ident conditions existed from the tho beginning thoro thero could be bo no such thing In the world as progress He knows that progress Is attained not by a 0 miracle wrought In a night but b by slow steady persevering labor toward growth an and ana advancement The ways of nature Daturo prove provo that this idea is correct maintains that it it is every Very human humm bein beings being's s duty to do his little part partIn In making t the tho ho world better Those who do doso so become In no Irreverent sense assistants to tho Creator In helping to bring to perfection tho the great divine plan for the tho universe The great groat thinker think think- er or John Stuart Mill said Tho The Creator is perpetually at work eliminating evil from the universe and the human being eing who helps to leave the tho world better than ho found It Is a a. a participator In Inthe Inthe inthe the creative work of 01 God God Tho The does not watt wait for tor large opportunities but takes advantage ad of ot tho little ones that come knocking athis at nt athis his door doer I Ho io realizes that the tin thing 1 which really counts In this world Is the faithful performance of our dally daily duty extending this duty dut to include little deeds of kindness little words worda of ot love 10 Ho He strives by sunn sunny smiles kind words and helpful acts to reduce the tho pain and vand sorrow Borrow orrow near him Every idea to bo be worth while must find its expression In action All high emotional and intellectual stimuli should load lead to active e expression in conduct conduct con con- duct Good Intentions if It not carried out count for tor ver very little When the heart or mind of the tho Is touched there invariably follows some helpful action A good feeling is useless If it Is not expressed In some soe form torm of at words or act Tho expression may be trivial perhaps merely a n. kind word ord to a 0 child an in act of courtesy courtey to a stranger a lit little little lIt lIt- tie tle thoughtful act aOl in tho home homo or it may lie in yin a n. more heroic field but tho the fact tact remains true that It Is the actual actual ac expression of the the- fooling feeling from tram which the the world derives benefit The lives the tho practical life of at self Ills Is the tho highest ghost hi joy that that of at serving others What at are aTe you you the the optimist soaring above the miser misery with eyes fixed so stead steadily I on the goal of perfection that he overlooks the weariness of tho the runners run run- nera ners In tho the race tho the pessimist fallen a and shrunken In the misery so low that I All sight of at the goal Is obliterated or orthe orthe the keeping the goal In m mind nd but with Ith loving lovin eyes helpful hands and warm heart aiding each and every o fellow fellow follow fol fel- fel- fel low runner that Is 18 near him In the race i i |
