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O reg o n, a n d D e v o te d to th e In te r e s ts o f In d ia n E d u c a tio n
W ednesday, M arch 4, 1925
Vol. XXVI
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No. 20
of good cheer, love, joy. You can dictate the sbrt of
We believe that nothing will give such a tremendous mental guests you will entertain. Every time we
permit ourselves to look on the dark side, not with
return in efficiency and happiness as the cultivation of the thought of improving conditions but just in self
a cheerful, hopeful outlook on life. If we train odr-
pity; every time we complain or find fault we are only
selves to look persistently on the bright side, refuse to
weakening I our power of resistence and making our
dwell on the dark side, our happiness as well as our
troubles worse. We acknowledge by so doing that
general welfare is assured. In such event life would
there is a power to hold us down, to make life uncom
be a song instead of a groan, a glory instead of a grind.
A vast number of people—you see them here, there fortable, disagreeable, unendurable.
The way to get rid of these enemies of our happi
and everywhere—resolutely close the door against hap
ness is to open our avenues of joy and drive them out
piness and persistently look on the dark side of life.
of mind We can learn to wipe out of our minds all
By so doing they seal up the avenues by which Joy
doubt thoughts and replace them with their opposites
and sunshine can enter and illuminate their liy'es. I
/^helpful and uplifting thoughts.
They cut themselves off from the good things intended
for them by their doubts, their fears, their suspicions, I It is,astonishing what tremendous force to transform
one’s attitude. and aid toward realizing our desires
their anxieties, their jealousies, their hatreds, their
there is in a, persistent, determined effort to look on
revengeful thoughts—their proverty thoughts. These
the bright side, the hopeful, optimistic side of every
obscure all the brightness and joy of life, Th^y shuU
thing; to refuse to see the black, the ugly, the discord
out the sunshine and make all shadows.
side.. ;J f as
Joy or sunshine is not gained by asking for it', but ant Cheerful,
encouraging people create a vitalizing,
only by acting for it. If we want to be happy we success-generating atmosphere. They radiate strength
must throw down the bars that keep sunshine, and
and courage. Their indomitable spirit helps them to
happiness out of our lives. There is no other thing
overcome obstacles and to encourage others.
in human life that pays so well from every point of
We were created for happiness. If we are miser
view as the cultivation of “ heart sunshine,” a cheer
able it is because we persist in holding gloomy
ful outlook upon life, a mental attitude that sees the
thoughts, in looking upon the dark side instead of the
best instead of the worst side of everything.. It heals
bright side of the picture. Those people who are
all sorrow and misfortunes. A cheerful g M seems to
always thinking of their own pleasure and happiness,
have about everything that is necessary fo make life
who will trample upon the rights and feelings of others
happy, while a morose, sad, gloomy, melancholy
in order to secure them, will never know what real en
person is miserable.
joyment is. They are so absorbed in their hunt for
Students, readers, sunshine is the source of all that
self-gratification that they do not know that they are
is strong, wholesome and upbuilding. Darkness and
closing the doors of far higher joys than they can ever
gloom weakens a, person and rendets him puny and know in their selfish chase for pleasure.
unproductive. Good cheer and uplifting thoughts
The world is just beginning to learn that whether
produce mental harmony, and every thought which we shall be happy or miserable depends entirely upon
tends to produce mental harmony increases the strength ourselves. We are beginning to realize that we carry
of faculty, hence increases our power, our efficiency. within ourselves,the panacea, for all our ills; that the
Just think what it would mean to each one of us if we poisons of selfishness, of envy,.of jealousy, of hatred,
of anger, of false ambition, of impurity, of all evil
could learri to hold in mind, constantly, helpful, hope . thoughts and passions, exist in our own mind and
ful, unselfish, cheerful and optimistic thoughts.
can be changed into the forms of love, charity and
No matter how antagonistic our feeling or our good will. These are the avenues of joy which open
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particular mood may be at any time, we can, by .using up to us the sources of all good.
our will bower, change, neutralize it by dictating to
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our mentality and persist in entertaining only thoughts
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