Nothing That Has an End Is Long… December 28, 1958
It was recorded of a certain ancient king that he lived a hundred and twenty years, and that he reigned for eighty years — longer than most men live. And then the recorder of this chronology quickly...
Old Age: The Harvest of the Years of Youth November 30, 1958
A subject so greatly significant as old age is not soon exhausted — and we would add at this hour some further thoughts on this theme: “We grow old naturally,” said one physician,...
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...
On Old Age November 16, 1958
As the years come and go, increasingly there is concern and consideration for old age. Youth and age endlessly have both come in for comment. In a sense, the comparisons and appraisals are somewhat...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
Seeking and Accepting Counsel November 9, 1958
We have all seen youngsters and others also, listen reluctantly to last-minute instructions. “I know, I know,” impatiently they reply, maybe having half heard. They are confident they...
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...
Talent Without Character March 2, 1958
The Best Tranquilizer… January 26, 1958
Somewhere we have this short incisive sentence: “The best tranquilizer is a clear conscience.” Some troubles come by accident or illness or misfortune (or from the faithlessness of...
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...
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 Courage to Run Away October 12, 1958
It takes many kinds of courage to live through life — the courage to face facts, to solve problems; the courage to accept assignments, to stay with what we have started, the courage to follow...
The Curtain of the Future… January 19, 1958
Concerning foreknowledge of the future, Emerson said the Creator “. . . with grand politeness . . . draws down before us an impenetrable screen. . . .” Cicero said this on the...
The Duty of Discipline October 26, 1958
Correction as an essential part of the teaching process. Suppose that in the schoolroom not even the teacher cared enough to correct, or that in the home, not even parents cared enough to correct —...
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...
The Harvest of Health December 7, 1958
In recent observations we have arrived at an awareness that old age is the harvest of the years of youth; that each part of life is as natural as all others, and all make a complete picture. And one...
The Kindness of Correction October 19, 1958
We would turn for a moment or two today to what could seem to be a paradoxical subject: The kindness of correction. We are thinking of some lines of a letter from a girl whose parents had corrected...