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P r i n t e d a t C h e m a w a , O r e g o n , a n d D e v o t e d t o t h e I n t e r e s t s o t I n d i a n E d u c a t io n
Vol. X X III
W ednesday, D ecem ber 1, 1920
BELY UPON YOURSELF
Y ou may succeed w hen o th ers do not believe in
you, but never w hen you do not believe in yourself.
Y our own approval of y o u r actions is m ost essential.
W hatever you do, resolve th a t you will do it in such
a way th at a t n ig h t you can look back over the d a y ’s
w ork w ith suprem e satisfaction; w ith th e know ledge
th a t you have stam ped yo u r in d iv id u ality , y o u r
honesty of purpose, y o u r m anhood or w om anhood
upon you r d a y ’s w ork; th a t you are not asham ed of
it, but th a t you are even proud of it. N ever leave a
day behind you in w hich you may be asham ed of th at
d a y ’s accom plishm ent.
M ake it a ru le of y o u r life to leave yo u r d ay behind
you w ith satisfaction, wdth th e consciousness th a t at
least you have done y o u r best and are not asham ed of
it. If you do not happen to have had som e-one to
d irect y o u r day s w ork, you alw ays have an inside, an
in te rn a l boss or em ployer, whose approval is in fin itely
m ore valuable to you, because if you do n o t get th e
“ A m en ” of y o u r in n er consciousness, if th ere is an y
protest in your n atu re ag ain st y o u r d a y ’s w ork, a n y
th in g inside of you th a t condem ns it, th is will m ar
your self-respect. You will not th in k so m uch of
yourself. If you g et th e disapproval of th is in n er
self, especially if its p rotest is frequent or h ab itu al,
you begin to go dow n very rapidly.
You m ust have the approval of th e h ig h est th in g
w ithin you or you can never be satisfied w ith y o u r
self, can never be happy, can never live an efficient
life. I t is m ighty com forting to secure th e approval
o f people, but it is absolutely im perative th a t you get
th e approval of y o u r in n er self if you w ould live
peacefully, happily, successfully.
D o n ’t p u t too g reat em phasis upon the applause or
approval of people o u tsid e w hen th ere is an in n er
protest. Y ou m ay be a trem en d o u s success in the
eyes of those around y o u , but a total failu re in th e
eyes of yourself, in th e estim atio n of th is in n er con
sciousness w hich passes upon your every act, app ro v
in g or p ro testin g ag ain st it. You m ust have y o u r
own approval no m atter w hat o th er people say; you
m ust know th a t you are a success or you will never
be a happy or efficient m an or w om an.
No. 9
I t is a w onderful th in g to form a habit of never
leaving undone y o u r d a y ’s w ork, or u n til it satisfies
you, then you can in honesty say: “ T here, th a t’s a
good job; it has been done as well as I can do it.
has my a p p ro v a l.”
It
O ne cannot begin to tell you
w hat such a habit will do for yo u — doing everything
to a finish. W e know w hen we have done a right
th in g and we know w hen it is not rig h t. W e m ust
get our own approval. If we have th a t we can stand
all kinds of criticism s and sneers from those around
us. U nless you have th is inner approval of having
done your own work rig h t, of being square, you are
not a success. You cannot get aw ay from this inner
ju d g e , for it is your ideal, your other self, your very
best self, and this self is the one you m ust satisfy in
order to live peacefully and harm oniously. You may
have th e approval of the w orld, of society in general,
b u t if th ere is th a t inw’ard p ro test w ithin you against
w h at you are doing, a little small voice w hich is c o n
sta n tly saying, “ You know th a t this is not rig h t; you
know th at th is is not su c cess,” you are sim ply posing,
you are w earing a m ask, you are deceiving, you are
not honest, you are not square. So long as this goes
on you are a failure, no m atter how m uch m oney you
m ay pile up or how high you are in your vocation.
You can never get aw ay from y o u r in n e r self w hich
is not subject to pain, failure, th a t cam e into the world
to accom pany you, and will go o u t of the world w ith
you, for it is y o u r real self, the very tru th of y o u r be
in g , the reality of you. Y our connection w ith G od,
y o u r reflection of H im , is as th e rays of light r a d i
ate from the su n .
W hatever you do alw ays get the approval of your
inner self, alw ays, every day and th u s learn to rely
upon yourself, th at you may live harm oniously, peace
fu lly —be satisfied and happy.
T h e sophom ore girls have begun th eir w ork in
dom estic science, and having had a year to establish
w o rk in g principles, are now ready to take on responsi
bility. W e are hoping for a splendid te rm ’s w ork
and it is up to us to get it. W onder who our honor
stu d e n ts will be?