A Where One Door Shuts, Another Ope December 27, 1959
There is a maximum quoted Don Quixote which says: “Where one door shuts, another opens, …” We come to an end, and find a beginning. Often we worry about arriving at an end, with too...
The Meaning of Honor… December 13, 1959
We recall a comment accredited to Thomas Carlyle: “Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.” With this in mind we turn to the meaning of honor, without which there...
A Short Walk… That Never Ends December 6, 1959
“Life is a short walk along a narrow thread . . . beginning and ending in a mysterious unknown. Hope keeps us balanced as we walk the narrow line. Life is short as we see it, but in reality ....
As Parents and Children Come to Common Ground November 29, 1959
Its is odd and interesting how each generation listens impatiently to the lessons of the past, and feels that they are old fashioned. Youth is so sure the rules have changed. Age is sure they...
Love at Home… November 22, 1959
An able physician recently suggested three short questions that could be asked to indicate how well a particular person might adjust to troubles and tensions: If the patient or the person can...
Forgiving and Forgetting November 8, 1959
Settlement Before Sundown November 1, 1959
O Man, Whosoever Thou Art… October 25, 1959
There is a long-told tale of Alexander the Great, who paused, at the age of thirty-two at the tomb of Cyrus the Great⎯Cyrus who had preceded Alexander by some two centuries. Each in his own time had...
To All Our Ancestors… October 18, 1959
Someone peering at a portrait of a great personality of the past was heard to say, altogether unimpressed: “Who’s he? What did he do?” We are often so absorbed in the present...
The Attitude of Intent… October 11, 1959
We have read in some rules of safety the following sentence: “Never point a gun at anything you don’t intend to shoot.” This is basic to a whole series of parallel precautions...
The Moving Power of Prayer October 4, 1959
There likely isn’t much greater loneliness than the loneliness of a man who cannot find comfort and assurance and help outside himself. And there likely isn’t much greater loneliness...
Little Brass Nails… September 27, 1959
Perhaps all of set our hearts upon some things which, after we acquire them, seem somewhat shallow, or at least unessential. And when we wonder why we wished for them so much and worked for them so...
At Summer's End… September 20, 1959
The passing of any season is somewhat sobering, or any day, or any period of the past. When a season begins, when a day begins, we think what we will do with it−what we haven’t done−what we...
Idleness and Inactivity September 13, 1959
There comes a time in the lives of those who live longer, when for one reason or another, they must alter their activities. Things change, and people change, and personnel and procedures change....
The Will to Work… and Enjoy It September 6, 1959
These words of dedication come from a grateful author: “To my own mother and father and to all parents like them, who have dedicated their lives to providing their children with the...
The Chasms That Keep Us From Understanding August 30, 1959
Shakespeare, in Love‘s Labour‘s Lost, had one of his characters make this remark: “Who understandeth thee not, loves thee not.” We so much need an understanding of each...
On Knowing the Truth August 23, 1959
Some centuries ago Nicholas Ling said, “Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune.” And John Lock later added, “A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths which his...
The Ignorance That Shuts Out Understanding August 16, 1959
One of the greatest barriers to happiness is ignorance. And this we say despite the old saying that ignorance is bliss. If it is, it is a bliss founded on false foundations. Happiness should be,...
Happiness--and the Paradox of Comparison August 9, 1959
A sentence written some two or more centuries ago is significant in the search for the happiness that all of us so much seek. “If one only wished to be happy,” it says, “this could...
The Basis of Credit and Confidence… August 2, 1959
Sometimes when feelings of self-sufficiency seem to assert themselves, when people feel sure that they no longer have need of others, we need to remind ourselves that no man can be sure he will not...