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8 v J WHY TAKE LIFE SO SI By Orison Swett Maiden | When President ltooscvclt was leav- tl I ing Washington this^ summer for his f< ^ Oyster Bay vacation, some fviemls di B> expressed their sympathy for him st because of the great burden of his ti I arduous tasks and the stupendous ni I problems pressing upon him. "Oi},, o] do not waste any sympathy on mo," ei I he said, "I have enjoyed every in in- s' ute of my stay in Washington. I T have had a perfectly corking time." Most men would take the prcsi- w > dency so seriously they would be so ei weighed down with its tremendous ii responsibility and so anxious all the ai time lest things should not go right, h: y lest they should make some terrible fi mistake, that they would not really ei enjoy themselves very much. Sensi- hi tiveness, timidity, would keep many bi president from any real enjoyment because of an embarrassing self-con- tl ciousness as to how they were deport- ai i ing themselves, how others were re- a garding them. They would live in is constant dread of the cartoon, cari- vi cature, and criticism of the press. 01 But Mr. Roosevelt always gives the ?< impression that lie is having a good ' time. He says lie gets a great deal ?1 of fun as lie goes along, from the lni- ni morons and ludicrous things that are Y constantl- happening, and that there is plenty of it in Ins homo life. ni r> When your husband or father comes home again with a thunder- n' cloud on his face, looking as though he thought he were Atlas carrying the ? world on his shoulders, just laugh him " out of his seriousness; tell him how ni . President Roosevelt manages to carry r the responsibilities of a nation and S1 still keep fresh, sunny, and happy. The president lias certainly given 11 American business and professional " men a remarkable example of a man xv performing the duties- and carrying w the burdens of a great office without losing his elasticity or buoyancy o? i*1 mind or body. u Some of us are beginning to realize ,,( thai we have taken life loo seriously; " that we have not had enough play in n our lives: that we have not had half '' enough fun. Many business men see I' the fallacy of working loo many l( hours a day. I' Formerly men thought they must spend most or all of the daylight P hours in working. Intense application to business had become almost a Tl religion. But now they are begin- < ning to learn that it is efficiency, men- hi tal vigor, freshness of mind and body, g and not necessarily long hours, that t( do things; and that the mental vigor, i' freshness, and energy which produce tl efficient work are impossible when the fi body is weary and the brain is faggod; that mental robustness means' fi . physical robustness. So there has been a a steady shortening of the working I' hours of men of affairs, and an in- h creasing of the play hours, just in tl proportion to the importance and ef- s( ficiency of their work and responsi- f< bility. 1> ' Multitudes of men now find that w they can accomplish very much more 11 in a yeifr by spending part of the si time which they used to put into f: work in playing golf, lennis, or in f? some other recreation, such as yachting or flying about the country in an automobile. e< I There are plenty of business men ei in litis country at the head of great 1' establishments who get through an Vi enormous amount of work, who do not et spend more than three or four hours to a day in their offices, and who fre- f< quentlv take long vacations. They c? find that a good deal of plav and mix- er ing much with the world not only improves their health and multiplies w their efTlciency, hut also gives them a d( broader, saner outlook. e> There is no greater delusion than T t that we can accomplish more by H working a .ureal many hours, strain- w ing mind and body to the limit of 1>( endurance, than by working fewer m , hours with less strain, less fatigue, pi but with greater vigor, greater intensity. ei flreal efficiency, vigorous mental 11 concentration, are impossible when st the mind is overstrained, fatigued, or m when we do not have sufficient re- 111 , creation to restore its elasticity, its re rebound. Many Americans have the st idea that great achievement depends upon unceasing, strenuous industry, w the everlasting grind. They think in that the more I hoy work the more yr they will accomplish. The fact is that * what we achieve in life depends upon Hi the effectiveness of our work, upon is our effciencv, rather lhan upon I lie m length of liine we work. In Many people who are capable of ai doing good work, do very inferior cl work, simply because I hoy are in a <u run-down, jaded condition much of w iRIOUSLY, ANYWAY. ! In Siiccsss Magazine. J >e time. Everywhere we nee ?nc Jetivo, botched work, inferior pr nets, because men do not keep thei os ill a vigorous, healthy com They do not play enough, . "t have sullicient exercise in (.] >en air; they do not have that r cation that refreshens, renews, ai lengthens both mind and muse] hey take life too seriously. When you have plenty ot' fun ork with more vigor, and with grea enthusiasm; you begin vour d; ' better spirits, are more' hoped ikI you leave your work at nig! PP.v> and in a more contcnti ame of mind. Many men work the nployees so ^11 any hours, and !U(1? ",al they do not keen fre.s novant, 'and enthusiasti". Where did I lie' idea eome fro ,a wo r,io?M take life so seriousl ii.vway? W|lv sl10nld a ir.an be su. slave to his bread-winning? The certainly something wrong in t] m\v idea of sacrificing the juices in- lives for the husks which v Remember that there is somethi. se 111 the wo^Jd just as important inking money, and a little more ? our health, your family, your fricn ups should mean a thousand tim lore to you than dollar-phasing. Life was given us for enjoymer nt for one long, strenuous, strainii niggle spent in the drearv drudge r scraping dollars together. Livin etting was intended to be only 10re incidental in the larger life rowtli, of freedom, of soul cxpa ?u> 111 i nd-en la rgement. Men couhl get fnn out of their bus ' ss il they only knew how. and 1 iking (lie drudgery out of i| (hi ould not only be happier, but tin ould also lie more prosperous. A great many men fail ber-ause tin l-'J too serious; because they deveh nsocial, morose. cold qualities whi< Jpel, and which make them po nxers. Tt is the sunshiny, hapj it 111 e \\hich attracts friends ai ade. I he too-serious people see 1 Si,y. "Keep awa.v from me, life >0 serious a matter |o be spent < "ivial things." Tliey are dry, ai illy. because there is not ej;ou< bi.v in their lives to furnish the nc wary lubrication, variety, or chans is well known that many b 11c ins-iiic because t'-ey ;i.iv? n enough play in them lives. V*?,|i,f l0r'e think it .< undignifii > give full vent to their Cun-Iovii >>tinct. They think the' mu?t !ouv:Jdful, sober-minded, very <li<?i "'cv would carry anv weisr 1 1 lie world, and not be regarded tIi I-headed and frivolous. We ha H seen people who go about wi ieir finger on their lips, figuraiiv speaking, as though they faer e.v might laugh out loud'or s; unething funny. "Away with the dlows who go howling tlirom ie. wrote Reecher, "and nil t! Passing for birds of paradi? I'1 that can not laugh and be g; ould look to himself. He shou wt and pray until his face breal >rth into light." there is too little sentiment in th >n 11 try; almost everything is redu 1 to a commercial basis, and has re "cnce to the dollar. Our Amcrici te has become so strenuous, time : duable, that even Dr. Edward Eve I Hale, chaplain of the United St s senate is only allowed one minu ?r prayer in the senate chamber, e 'Pfing on some extraordinary o ision! 1 have heard travelers say th; lien in the United States, tliev fe pressed, because of the sad, serioi jpressions on the American face hcv say we are prematurely ol ml we take tilings too seriously, (hi e seem to think life was intended 1 spent only in pursuing with |p endons energy some occupation < olcssion. I he average American gives a fo gner the iinpressionn that he is |at he is in the act of rolling a h.i< onp l,p 11 S'(>0P bill; that while 1 av smile for a moment now at "'ii. he does not dare to stop ar st and have a little fun lest II one get awav from him. Why take life so seriously, nir a> ' A lo< of I'lay will not on' iprove your health, but inereamr efficiency wc.nderfully. Tfappy recreation has a' very sul '""'lenee upon ones ability,*whir emphasized and heightened ai uli iplied by if. JTow or.r cm,rage aeed up, our delermi .ation, on nlnhon. our whole on!Wk on li langed by it! The,-, seems <0 be idle fluid from humor md fn Inch penetrates the entire boin, bailies all the nieutal faculties, and ^ washes out the brain-ash end debris ^ trom exhausted cerebrum and inns eles. We have all experienced the transforming, refreshing, renewing, W rejuvenating power of good, wholeA some fun. P From business and econovienl ,j?. standpoints alone, to say nothing of 0_ increased health and happiness, even n- n good deal of time spent in play is time well spent, and is an essential ] ) part of the shrewdest, most profitable |,c business policy you can adopt. t?_ The man too absorbed in his busiid ness or vocation, too busy to take |Gt care of his health, to preserve it by whoseome recreation, is like a workin man who is too busy to sharpen his tools. iv ^ may never be able to aecumu,1, late a large fortune, but whether you lit are a big lawyer or a small onV, u ?c] large merchant or a little one, you can cultivate the capacity for enjoyso ment and fun, and can get a groat j]? deal more out of life than many who are perhaps far above you in wealth m and position. y, Take your fun every day as you go ih along. That is the only way to bo vc sure of it. Do not postpone your lie happiness; paradise is here or nonf where. \'e Do not drag your buisncss home. Lock it in your office when you leave ig there at night, and do not think of as if until you return. The long, anx o. ions, sad face and the sour expresd xion do not belong in the family circs ele. .lust make up your mind that you it, are going to make your home the happiest place on earth?so happy i'.v and so attractive that your children g- will prefer spending an evening there a to going anywhere else. Make a busi? ness of having a good time'after dinn ner or after supper, and during your holidays. T.et your presence in the *1- home he a signal to the children for >v :i rmnp and a play and a good time ^y generally. Do not l)n afraid of a lilP.V tie noise, or of a little scratched or broken furniture now and then. This l>y is infinitely belter than stunted childhood. dyspepsia, and doctor's bills, rli The growth of many a child has been or irved and stunted to save a little >.v furniture, bric-a-brac, or clothing, id The first duty we owe a child is to m teach it to fling out its inborn gladis ness and joy with the same freedom *i' and abainlou as the bobolink does id when it makes the meadow joyous 'h with its song. Suppression of* the fun-loving nature of a child means :e. the suppression of its mental and c- moral faculties, .joy will go out of the >t heart (if a child after a while if it is continually suppressed. Mothers who I'd are constantly cautioning tho little ?g ones not to do this or not to do that, be telling them not to laugh or make a ii- noise, until they lose their natural1't ness and become little old men and as women, do^not realize the harm they! ve are doing. th An eminent writer says, "Children e- without hilarity will never amount to cd much. Trees without blossoms will fiv never bear fruit." se There is an irrepressible longing rh for amusement, for rollicking fun, in lie young people, and if these longings >e. were more fully met in the home it \y would not be so dillieult to keep the Id boy and girl under the parental roof, ks T always think there is something wrong when the father or the chilis dren are so very uneasy to get out of c- the house at night and to go off f- "somewhere" where they will have in a good time. A happy, joyous home so is a powerful magnet to child and ' r- man. The sacred memory of it has a- kept many a person from losing his te self-respect, and from the commisx sion of crime. e- Fun is the cheapest and best medicine in the world for your children as nt well as for yourself. fSive it to them el in good large doses. It will not only is save you doctor's bills, hut it will is. also help to make your children hap d, pier, and will improve their chances nt in lif'> W' j* o'tld ; f. need In.lf [o many prisons, insane asylums, an,I e- almshouses if all childre \ had a ha;>ir pv childhood. The very fact that the in-uinrf to r- play, that the love of fun i- imin pcrious in the child sin. w< a great to necessity in its nature, which, if ie suppressed, will leave a fannuie in id its life. id A sunny, joyous, happy childhood ie i* io !!;? Midividua* \\ ?ai rn*:? s.:! an 1 venial sun arc to the vo m>' 11 ur v- If the early conditions ar? no ! fav|y orable, the plant starves and becomes 3,3 'itur.ted, and the results cun not be corrected in the later tree. It is now I)- or never with the plant. This is true h with the human plant also. A starvid ed, suppressed, stunted childhood is makes a dwarfed man. A joyful, r happy, fun-loving environment defe velops powers, resource.-, and possia bilities which would remain latent in in a cold, dull, repressing atmosphere, g, Everywhere we see men and wo men discontented ami unhappy, because there was no play in their early lives, ami when the young' clay had hardened it would not respond to u larger environment. Can anything be more incongruous on this glorious, glad earth, than the picture ol" a worrying child, a child with a sad face, a human rosebud blighted before it lias a chaco to open up its petals, and fling out its beauty and fragrance? Somebody has sinned and is responsible for this blight, this blasting ol promise, lliis chilling of hope, this strangling of possibility. Childhood should be sunny. Clouds do not belong to chilhood. Jov, beauty, exuberance, enthusiasm, bouvancy, belong to chilhood. A sad, worrying child, a child who has no childhood, is a disgrace to civilization. What has a child to do with tin1 past or the. future? It should live in the glad, joyous now. To fill the hour with happiness, with gladness, this is the child's life. Enemies of Dyspepsia and 'Blues." T know a family with whom it is a per led joy to dine. The members of this family vie with one another in seeing who can say the brightest, wittiest, funniest things and tell the best stories during dinner. Dyspepsia and nagging are unknown there. The announcement of dinner should be the signal for a jolly good time. Make the dinner hour the brightest, eheerfulest, most sunshiny hour of the whole day. Fine all "knockers" and every one who appears with a long face. Laughter and fun are the enemies of dyspepsia and the 'bines." The home ought to .be a sort of theater for fun and all sorts of sports a place where the children should take the active parts, although the parents should come in for a share too. Don't Mr. Business or Air. Professional Man, cast a gloom over your home just because things have gone wrong during the day! ^ our wife and children have troubles of their own. They have a right to I expect that you will contribute something besides vinegar to I lie dinner hour and the evening. r Did not Lyeurgus sel up the god of laughter in the Spartan eating-halls because lie thought there was no sauce like laughter at meals? I he constantly increasing success of I lie vaudeville playhouses and ot tier places of amusement all over this country shows the tremendous demand in the human economy for fun. Most people do not appreciate that this demand must be met in some form or the character will be warped and defective. "Laugh until T come back," was a noted clergyman's "good-bv" salutation. Tt is a good one for us all. Many people make anything like joy or happiness impossible by dwelling upon the disagreeable, or the sad and the gloomy things of life. They always see Die ugly, the crooked, the wrong side of things. T once lived in a clergyman's family where T scarcely heard,a person laugh in months. It seemed to be a part of the inmates religion to wear long faces, and to be sober-minded and solemn. They did not have much use for this world; they seemed to be living for the world to come, and, laugh, he would?of|en remind me that T had better be thinking of my "latter end" preparing for death which might come at any moment. Laughter was considered frivolous, worldly, and. as for playing in the house, it would not be tolerated for an instant. The Religion of Cheerfulness. 1 he time has gone by when longfaced, too-sober, too-serious people shall dominate the world. Melancholy, solemnity used to be regarded as a sign of spirituality, but it is now looked upon as the imprint of a morbid mind. There is no religion in it. True religion is full of hope, sunshine, optimism, and cheerfulness. Tt is joyous and glad and beautiful. 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