Why Live An Inferior Life?
By Hpv. \V. (?. HukImh ?f St?t?**villr? hvaiiKeliM f?r ILipii-i N.
Mission lloartl Who Has Just roiiialu<M a K?*vIym| at i'al\ar>
llapliM ( liin i ll of Kllxabt'tli 4 'ily
Ill tTn- mad ru?"H ?75 iTTT I~?.. ?
representative character from every
cuss coming fortli in play his pail
In the great Kami'. flaying poor or
well they niwn retire, giving t li? I -
place to others, who carry the game
on and on. The yue-ti, n r?r u. to
decide Is. how shall 1 play this
game? What part will ( i,;,Ve in
this great game of life? will I
merely he a "hack stage" nr will |
play my part as a l/ri^hi star? Tho
fa" "<? succeed,
which. We must push on toward
success or failure. Why not suc
cess Ten years ago I stood on a
atreet corner mid look..I at a young
man as he digged in a ditch "Did
you finish High School."1 | ask. d
the man.
, "By gosh no" was his reply
What 8 education m a man who has
a strong body?" he added. "Well
my boy, you will change your mind
some day l.a,?r (ll ?fc yol| wjJ|
* j you had gone t? ?-|,ool and
and made something of yourself.",
7?n b?y 1??k"'1 mc ??"" ?' silly I
?mlle as If he thought I was a fool
ve year later I saw the same I
man. This time he was rolling a'
cart up and down the streets gather 1
ing the trash.
"We" Old man. I ?eo you have'
not been promoted." 1 saiil. |lt?'
hung Ills head in shame and rolled
his cart 011 down the street.
A school mate of mine came to me'
one day and told ni>- ihr.t lie was:
f.h .8 '? S,0,> Kel,?ol. "H Is all fool-1
10 "'"y In school when vou
get out and have a g >od\i, e
told t"|ake. said. Hut I
told h1111 1 was goinc to st-iv ih<mi
?h"." i nn,RUl-d- "I* slory was ?
that of many who lose the spirit of1
education while young.
ll"' otI?r hand we find a'
fhefr Kh" have fin is lied :
wstrhtn^n stand Ing i.lly |,y and
watching the great machine of life!
hv f?, 'y "lovo ?"' Thi" rlass '
Ir J r' n'T" tlum ,hp uneducated.
If we fall to use our talents we com- '
f^LS.L,ln- Th'? <? ? great!
- ??. 1111 m is a ur??at
trouble with many of the college
graduates of today. Tin v fan m
has thi ability (? ,|? ? n,|n_ , 1
than the T "UUM worse!
man the person who has no ability '
vil e" S6? I,a"lpl ">"? ?( Collin,:!
vlllo. Conn., found a turtle an 1
sSen 'nuials and date on the
t!lr!L a 1 110 "'<? "nine,
turtle under a hnystaiK only about
one hundred yards from where h,
found I, fifty ?lx y,,?.8 ?go Kiery.
one Should ask himself this ques-I
tlon. Am I living an Inferior life I
We have a great many turtle gra
duates today. They have tV,"r 1
never" r,""" "n,'"""""as. but they
anything. "yw,l''re "r accomplish |
Sometime ago a young lady came'
inn,'|et^r0nl C0."rKr- Shp had
fh# ht ti school, and graduated will,
the highest honors. When she went,
n^"h 8he put her diploma J
ater ?2r\,"raWCr- S?V,rfll
'\e became sick and died.
Years later her mother found the!
unused diploma."
, n Pity." She said, as she
looked through her tear stained
eyes, at the diploma.
?n^,'h,lrUly wa" 11 |,"y> there is
something worse and that is for a
and ft f K work hard in school
.1 . nn'1 ,,vc 011 without us
ing their education to benefit man
kind. The person who puts his
knowledge into practice is ti?, oni.;
lrnn.LPa.U)[ nmounl!' to something.
Unused talents noon decay.
wnmh.e? wn.rl<l crylnK '"r men and
women who are really efficient We i
have a surplus of the emotional type
mean well but have no efficiency
To become leaders of men von I
must be efTlclent. You must have i
the power to do that for which you I
are hullt to do. If you fllll toy? |
that for which you are hullt lo do,
you have no efficiency. Some men
idnc.H ""'V ,leal what we call
education, hut no efficiency and
i?dr',h,r lh:r n"vor ?" ?nywhe?
them I"'Vl'r k"nw" nhout
1. Tou. ""''hi ask what Is efficiency''
JoJm ,h,nK"' n'" *'H'|lng you
i ik ' ?r w"n(lerlng if you
to *li. ^m M ls k"??'ng how
L Ty "rn<-tl<-e. turning
to .ehtJv experience and using It
to achieve.success." "|t ? Bl(M?p
amass one s personality at any time
or Place and the elimination of
weakne., regret, worry and fear."
it is self-reliance, clothed with
plu" pnllteness
ana the hand of nteel In tho volvrt
f"'n, Efficiency Is alertness.!
? ,Tlncl' r"?dlness to ad-|
im luJH * to fhp unp*Pecte<l. "It
; prnr"r"' Patience; the
measure of a ntan; the ability to use1
on. s passions, ,ikc?. dislikes ha?
heart'.nTno0,''; L""1"' ho,ly
heart and not to he used by them "
" you ?*Pect to rise above the aver-1
an* i uit of mall you muse link
energy witli efficiency ami *ork
with all your might, always striving
f??r tho higher tilings. You must
not forget that there is always room
at the top.
The clay of specialization is upon
us ami the day of the "Jack at all
trades" has failed forever. There
was a time when a man could follow,
several trades at the same time Hut
that day has gone and a new day
has dawned upon us, n day of spe
cialization. You must 1? arn to do
one thing and do that with all your
might. Someone lias said. "1 am
only one, hut I am one. 1 can't do
everything, but I can do something
and what I can do I ought to do and
what I-might to do. by the grace of
God 1 will do "
Tin- world recognizes the person
who does the thing in hi? line the
host. *lt Is the mail who is pre
pared and equipped for Ills business
who pets the trade. No one would
care to risk his life with un Inex-!
perlenced surgeon. No one cures
to trade with the merchant who
keeps a dirty store and who Is not
polite to his customers. No one
cares to he taught by an inefficient
teacht r. No one cares to ride with
an Inexperienced driver. Even in
the lowest forms of work skilled
labor Is preferable. It Isn't so much
what you do as how you do It. lie
the best in any profession you
choose.
It Is the person who keeps ever-,
lastingly at it who succeeds.
Kmerson said, "If a man write ui
better hook, preach n better ser-i
mon, or make a better mousetrap'
than his neighbor, though he build
his house In the woods, the world
will make a beaten path to his door." i
Hut In order to be recognized you 1
must specialize. Try to do one
think well and you will succeed. i
"Dig right in and do your bit.
Take your dose and work and grin; .
Tut your soul right Into It,
That's the only way to win.
Don't sit down and loudly wall.
Just because your task is tough, j
That's the surest way to fail.
Tackle it and show your stuff."
Then why be a failure when nil
things are yours? Why remain in
active, while others are getting rich?
Why remain stagnant, while others
are rising to success? Why remain
a slave while others are becoming,
masters? Why be a failure when'
success is easily within your roach? |
Why remain satisfied with the J
crumbs when you can get the whole,
loaf? Why take less of your right-'
ful share of life joy nnd success
while others are climbing upward
and enjoying life? Why sit in idle-!
ncss while others are hard at work?
Why sit down nnd whine nnd mourn
away your life while others are re-,
Jolcing? Why live an inferior life
while others are living the superior1
life?
Few of us realize how short life
really is. "We complnln that life
is too short, yet we live each day as i
if it were a thousand years," said
SenncaT "When we have learned the.
value of time, then we are on the
road to success and not until then. j
The average man makes but little J
of his chance. A few men In onei
day often accomplish more than!
many a man in a whole lifetime.
Life is simply a mailer of concen
tration. You are what you set out
to b?*. The thing* you think to-day
arc the things you become to-mor
row. "You are a composite of the
things you say. the books you read,
the thoughts you think, the company
you keep and the things you aspire
to become."
\ou must have some plan for im
proving yourself and evolving your
life into success. Time is your only
asset. K.t< h moment is a golden
i treasure, and the way you spend it
shapes your life ns an individual. I
If you would d vote thirty minutes I
of each day to the study of some
Kpl< ndid id? a. to the improvement
your mind, in obtaining a more ac-l
curate know b ilge of I IT*' business or'
profession you have chosen. In a i
few years time you would have|
evolved Into a giant of intellectual
strength with power to follow any
plan or idea to final and positive
success.
lime is our most precious gift.
It knows no prejudice, makes no
promises, keeps no record* and asks
no questions. You are here for a
purpose and each moment you spend
foolishly or frivolously is lost to
all time?simply, thrown into the
waste basket of indifference.
Then you must ask yourself the
question, have I the right aim in
life? What am I living for? What
is human life for? How am I using
my life? How am I investing my
life? When you have answered these
questions satisfactory you will
realize the value of time to such an
extent that you will uie it to the
best advantage In equipping and
qusilifing yourself for your chosen
profession. I'nlesi you know the
value of each moment as an invest
ment. each day that passes is a
stumbling block that sends you
blundering on into indefference.
helplessness and decline of old age.]
Th?n the question is. what art* we J
going to do with each hour? Are
you going to leave untouched the*
treasure of the world fit which you 1
live and lose the great opportunity
of a lif*' time?
Never before have we seen such a
day of opportunity. It is continually
knocking at our door. We have but
to let it in. "It is pounding a per-'
petual lattoo oil your door undl
follows you with a club from the
time of your rising to the time of
your retiring." Are you going to be
a person or a personality? All of
us cannot be rich nor all of us
famous, but every one can be suc
cessful. It i* every one's duty to be
successful. To be a failure or a par
tial failure is something to b? as
hamed of for it means that you have
not done your duty.
Thi're are millions struggling for
success. Kach In his own particular
line is traveling his own rond. There
are as many varieties of success as .
there are varieties of peoplr. You**
success is not the same as someone
clue you know. It is your own ?
peculiar brand. If you cannot be
a great artist or a great statesman
or a gnat author or merchant, you1
can be great in your particular line'.'l
You can be a success In the thing
you are fitted to do.
In choosing a profession a great
many people fall to estimate them
selves carefully and fairly. They
make a grtat mistake to start with
and how can they expect to reach
th?* heights of success. They simply
pick out what they i**rtn a successful
person who has made lots of money
and try to follow his profession, no
matter what the profession may be.
The probability is. that the one who
chooses hi.; profession in this maunerl
will he a failure. We need to u?e I
common sense in estimating our
equipment and not confuse a liking
for rewards of a special gift with the!
gift Itself. We must be on our guard ?
against over-estimating ourselves as J
well as under-estimating ourselves.]
one is as pathetic as the other.
Among the ranks of all the pro-;
fessions we find those who do ni?t .
belong where they are. lly chance!
they have gotten there, but by the!
unwritten law they belong some-[
where else. Perhaps they failed to I
ask their niak^r their place Jn life, j
It is He who should guide us in so
important a decision, llut we fail in I
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