All We Could Ask of Heaven… May 25, 1958
Some thoughtful words of Addison suggest a subject: “The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” In other words we...
To Keep Learning… June 1, 1958
We have previously cited this quoted sentence: “The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” Now we should like to...
Marriage--and the Simple Doing of Duty June 8, 1958
Duty isn’t a word that is always quite comfortable or convenient. But the free and easy making of marriages, and the free and easy undoing of them by divorce, suggest, for the sake of all...
He Gave Me a Good Mother… June 15, 1958
A grateful daughter had this to say concerning her once famous father: “He transmitted to me a sound heredity on his own side, and he gave me a good mother.”1 And then she added:...
Choosing the Parents of Our Children June 22, 1958
All of us make choices every day — choices as to what we do with every hour and every opportunity. And we are constantly faced with contrasts: We turn down or yield to temptations. We keep or we...
Freedom--So Rare, So Precious, So Perishable June 29, 1958
May we turn a moment or two to freedom — that freedom which relatively so few in all this world have had, yet which is so essential to the full and effective living of life; that freedom for which...
The Partnership of Parents July 6, 1958
In commenting on the partnership of his parents, an eminent and grateful son once said: “Never in all my boyhood did they fail to stand together on any question which affected the children. We...
We Can't Go With Them… July 13, 1958
We go through some interesting cycles in this life we live. Our children arrive helpless in infancy, completely dependent upon us. We love and cherish and nurture them, and in large measure control...
Things for Which We Don't Personally Pay July 20, 1958
One of the sobering considerations of life would be an appraisal of the things we have for which we didn’t personally pay a price. We may sometimes seem fearful that we are imposed upon, that...
Repenting… Forgiving… Forgetting July 27, 1958
In moving through life we all tend to pick up some prejudices, some resentments, perhaps some sense of injury at times, some feelings that we have been offended. And sometimes we hug these hurts,...
The Process of Repentance August 3, 1958
One great relief in life is the unburdening that comes with sincere contriteness for offenses, and sincere resolve to make amends. It is a restoring, healing, renewing process, this process of...
Safety--and the Full Living of Life… August 10, 1958
What follows is not a comment of the kind this hour generally suggests. But that which pertains to people, to their health and happiness, to the full and effective living of life, is a proper...
Slamming Doors… August 17, 1958
If we were to title what follows in one phrase we could perhaps call it “Slamming doors.” But one things about slamming doors is this — that some of them don’t open again — or not...
The Courage to Make Decisions August 24, 1958
Taking time to decide is sometimes essential for safety. But there is also such a thing as taking to much time. The power of decision is often lost by delaying to long. We should never be too...
The Character to Carry Responsibility August 31, 1958
Among the distinguishing differences between people — one which classifies and separates men in significant measure — is the willingness, the ability, the character, the demonstrated desire to...
On Relying on Laws and Locks September 7, 1958
It is wonderful to feel safe with someone– but after all considerations are taken into account and given their proper appraisal, we had just as well face this fact: that the only things we can count...
On Leaving Friends and Family September 14, 1958
With the passing seasons, there come times of leave-taking. Many leave home, many young people particularly, for school, for work, for other opportunities. And leaving home-ties is always in some...
Are We Good for Each Other? September 21, 1958
To an audience of young people, a wise counselor recently proposed a question concerning those with whom they keep company — a question which all of us could well ask concerning ourselves and all...
Prescription for the Heavyhearted… September 28, 1958
Sometime we suffer the symptoms of disease we don’t have. And sometimes we suffer the symptoms of unhappiness simply from overemphasizing the negative side of situations. This is easy to do,...
The Happiness That Faces Facts October 5, 1958
Within a framework of principles, it is the variability among men, the differences as well as the likenesses, that permit happiness to be possible — for if all wanted to do the same things at the...